In the face of a huge financial deficit, Tieshou Tsuhide did not hesitate to carry the side room of Xinna, cheekily approached Tsuda Mune, and cashed in the so-called "50,000 congratulatory gifts", and also continued to expand the army.

It's really a reckless force.

However, the recklessness of military force was originally the norm for the daimyo of the Warring States, and the posture of the Heite family in the past was an anomaly. It's just that with Oda Nobunaga stretching his waist behind him, the elite route can be followed.

Now I have to make a compromise.

Unless we can break through the limitations of the times in terms of tactics, equipment, organizational structure, officer training, and other environments, no matter how hard we grasp the quality of the army, there will be a limit, and after all, we will not be able to make up for the quantitative factor.

The flat family originally had seven flag reserves, and the theoretical establishment of each reserve team was 300 people, from top to bottom: the general, the head, the team head, the group head, and the head of the group.

Among them, the general and the head all enjoy a high number of knowledge and deeds, and they are generally accompanied by retainers and private soldiers, and some of the more wealthy team members may also be able to afford three or five retinues, and most of the head-level officers below are served by the low-level samurai of Yulu Weibo, the biggest difference between them and the soldiers is that they can bring a set of high-level weapons and equipment, and the lowest ashigaru is a professional soldier who leads the standard equipment and sells his life.

Obviously, the strength of the various reserve teams is not completely even.

For example, as a general of the three good generals, Xiangxi Changxin himself has a territory of 5,000 stones, and his private soldiers are as high as 200, plus other heads and team heads, the entire reserve team has nearly 600 people.

And Yamauchi Yifeng, who has the least qualifications, only has a territory of 600 stones, and there are only 20 or 30 private soldiers, so he only has more than 350 people in a reserve.

Therefore, the army of the Tie Shoxiu cannot be completely called a professional army, and it still retains a strong "feudal remnant", and its organizational structure is still somewhat backward compared with the leaders of the European mercenaries in the same period. (Of course, there are a lot of bastards in the European mercenaries)

It can be said that the 300 people in each reserve team are a bit like the "and force" given to the reserve generals.

However, he did not intend to care about this remnant in the short term, he only hoped to do a good job in military affairs and put an end to the historical regression of "the regular army is unsightly, and the generals eat empty salaries to support their families" like the Dameng army.

At the earliest, this semi-professional flag unit was composed of Owari people, and when it was officially expanded and divided into four reserves, it was basically supplemented by recruiting new soldiers in the four counties of Izumi, although it was not explicitly stated, it became an unspoken rule.

There are more than half of Awado-people in Yamauchi Kazutoyo's fifth preparation. Later, Kato Mitsuyasu and Kasai Naganobu's subordinates (i.e., the word "chi" are two preparations), in addition to Awatsuki, there are many people who came out of Shikoku to find work.

This process exemplifies the order of expansion of the Tie family.

At present, since the land inspection is nearing completion, Hirate Honhide ordered the recruitment of troops in Kii and the formation of four new flag reserves.

In this way, there will be a total of eleven reserve teams in the plan.

Theoretically, the amount that can be directly managed has been exceeded, and a higher-level organizational structure should be added.

The term "potential" was proposed.

According to the idea of the flat hand show many years ago, with three preparations as a trend, set up a general (not a general). However, in actual combat, it was found that the "three-three system" does not necessarily meet the needs of the era of cold weapons. At the grassroots level, the officers can adapt to the situation, but in the middle level there may be some trouble.

After thinking about it, only the title of "powerful general" was established, indicating that his military rank was higher than that of other generals, and no clear command relationship was arranged.

Specifically, before each operation, according to the need, two to five reserve units can be placed under the command of the same "powerful general" and organized into a special force ranging from 6 or 700 to 2 or 3,000.

This is also beneficial to prevent the military leaders from sitting on the throne.

Then it raises a new problem -- since there is no long-term fixed subordinate relationship between soldiers and generals, how to ensure that there is no problem of unfamiliar cooperation on the battlefield and even poor transmission of military orders?

It seems that the military dispatch system also needs to be strengthened.

At the same time, it is also necessary to prevent the malpractice caused by the excessive power of the supervising army......

All in all, it is indeed not easy to ensure that the army has a high combat effectiveness, is politically loyal and reliable, and can stably maintain long-term off-the-shelf operations. Although a lot of capital has been invested, it can only be balanced among the three, and it is impossible to do everything.

Having said that, in reality, most of the Daimyo's armies were neither capable of fighting, nor very reliable, and it was impossible for them to leave their borders for a long time to fight.

According to the previous thinking, there is a level above the "powerful general" called "army general", which is the highest-ranking military attache position for a long time in the future.

Since the "powerful generals" have already decided that there is no fixed command, then the "army generals" must have a fixed subordinate reserve force, otherwise the upper-level establishment will be too loose and useless.

All of the 11 flag reserve units planned by Hiratai were organized into an "army", and the post of "army general" was concurrently held by Hiratite Hoshu himself.

Obviously, most people will only think that this is a boring act of taking off their pants and farting.

There will be no official explanation.

And the first title of "powerful general" in this "army" was awarded to the hometown Jiajia who was strong in martial arts, brave in battle, and progressive in accumulating merits, and then Kato Kyoaki, who was conscientious, calm and reliable, and rarely made mistakes.

Keikane Kaida was also a candidate for promotion, but he took the initiative to say when he was "organizing a conversation": "After a long battle, I have a new understanding of swordsmanship, and I am hoping to make a breakthrough in the life-and-death struggle, and in the future, I will open the door and establish a sect, and carry forward the skills passed down by the master and craftsman...... In short, it means that I am worried that the promotion will become busy but I don't have the time to do my job, I can only say that I don't understand you swordsmans very well." It seems that this person is gradually about to transform into a teacher.

Honda Masashi's bravery and merit are not under the worship of the village Jia, but when he made a mistake when he was crusading against the Tsuchihashi clan, he was unceremoniously recorded in the small book by President Konishi, so it is not suitable for promotion for the time being.

Emotionally speaking, Hirate Hoshu didn't really approve of Konishi's behavior in his heart, but from his position, it was impossible to say that he was doing something wrong.

On the contrary, under various reasons, Xiangxi Naganobu, who was born as a general of Miyoshi, became the third former general to be appointed as a "powerful general".

The three new "powerful generals" were temporarily responsible for commanding several reserve units, but they did not establish a clear relationship between superiors and subordinates.

In addition to the flag book, the Hirate Bunhide also organized the sect that did not have a fixed position into four reserve teams, which were specially used to fight with special firearms.

The main thing is to practice the quick use of the "partial van" and the "flowering cannon" (in fact, the shotgun).

This is not because they want to keep good things in the hands of relatives, on the contrary, it is because other people think that firearms are "flashy" and feel that doing this is tantamount to being assigned to be idle, and only one family member does not have to worry about it.

Although the flowering cannon came to prominence in the Battle of Imakrikawa, and the large barrel team played a key role in the battle of the Great Su, people's traditional concepts were not so easy to change.

It may be necessary to defeat a stronger, more famous force to reverse the old impression.

In order to show the degree of attention, the most famous martial arts and good fighter among the people, "Ghost Boy Keiji" was also transferred.

With the expansion of the scale of the joint battle, now the Tie Family often dispatches 10,000 or 20,000 people, and the battle generals are gradually becoming less important. The combination of a small number of elite cavalry and large-caliber firearms may have some effect.

The outward "new sensitive" has also undergone a symbolic adaptation.

More than 2,000 soldiers provided by the people of Izumi and Awaji were organized into a "momentum", and the powerful generals were served by Dr. Terada Yasuda and Antaku Nobuyasu respectively, and the following wealthy clans were also given titles and team titles according to the size of the territory, but the flat hand did not intend to really break the local grassroots order, but just gave an honorary title.

In other words, the granting of titles is the first step in breaking the local grassroots order.

As a result of Terada's success in taking sides at critical moments, Ataka had a resounding door, and they were qualified to always be by the side of the lord, and the actual responsibility of commanding the new senators would be handed over to their younger brothers, uncles, and other relatives.

Anyway, I don't expect them to be able to fight much, as long as they don't make a mess.

The military strength of these two national groups corresponds to the "Kishiwada Castle Garrison" Asano Nagayoshi. It is necessary for each other to cooperate with each other in carrying out local military and government affairs.

Kii Guozhong provided 4,000 soldiers, which were also organized into two larger "forces", one by Okamishi Masa, the other to Yukawa Naoharu, and actually by his son-in-law Tamanoka Naowa.

The "Tiger Fufour People", that is, Nakamura Kazushi, Hirate Ji Yin, Kinoshita Hidenaga, and Ichiyanagi Naosue fought with the above military situation. Due to Kii's distance from the core ruling area of the Herate family, the authority of the four people is significantly higher than that of Asano Nagayoshi, but it is not as good as after being divided into four parts.

Shigehide Suzuki and Kagawa in Nishisanuki, and Naoharu Yukawa in Higashi-Awa each provide a "potential". Sitting in Nakamura Castle, Kawada Nagakin, who controls the internal affairs of the Ichijo and Saionji families, also has a "power", and is given the authority to oversee the three forces on Shikoku Island, and theoretically becomes a feudal official, but the actual power is somewhat delicate.

Different from the flag book, the "new senators" in various localities do not have "army generals" for the time being, and the powerful generals are the most senior officers.

In addition to expanding the number of units directly under the command to 15 reserves, the seven "forces" of the outer sample have also received a request to closely count their personnel and equipment and verify their combat capability. And make it clear in advance that the clearer the "military service certificate" is written, there will be additional points when accumulating military merits in the future.

The "sailors" who need professional skills have gone further on the road to professionalization, and all the half-nationals and half-pirates are faced with a choice: either they will be scattered and incorporated into the navy, or they will sell the warship to the Tie family at a "reasonable price", and only retain the ability to fish and make deliveries, and still maintain the status of "new participants".

Half of the Awaji Naval Forces chose the former, and almost all of the Izumi Naval Forces chose the latter.

In addition to the eight gunboats, Hirate drew a pie of "30 Tataku ships, 100 Kan ships, and 4,400 sailors", but there was no urgent need to fight other daimyo naval forces in the short term, so it was not put into practice for the time being.

As for the work of the intelligence forces, of course, there are many ideas that are beyond the times, but I don't know if it is practical until I have experienced it firsthand, so I don't know if it is practical, so it is not appropriate to put it forward.

Just instructed Tarao, Ishikawa and the others, in addition to the usual collection of intelligence, to find a way to spy on the physical health of several key people.

In particular, Shingen Takeda and Shigeharu Takenaka.