Chapter 172: The Four Legions
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it will be May of the following year.
In ten months, a lot of things have happened, of course, the most important thing for Liu Zhang is that Cai Yan has a son for him, considering that he occupies Liu Zhang's body, in order not to blame himself too much for the other party under Jiuquan, he follows history and names his eldest son. There is also a happy event, Yaoting conceived his child under his hard work, and in half a year, his second child should also be born.
Of course, Liu Zhang is not the kind of person who covets his wife and children, he knows very well that in this troubled world, if he wants to keep his family, the only way is to control the fate of others, not to be controlled. So far, Liu Zhang has 500,000 elite soldiers under his command, in addition, there are more than 80,000 local garrisons specifically responsible for local security, and the training camps built in Yizhou and Jingzhou have completed the training of recruits and surrenders at the beginning, and have again recruited more than 65,000 recruits (including 30,000 barbarians), these recruits have been trained in the camp for four months, and can be replenished to the front-line troops at any time, Liu Zhang now has a total of nearly 650,000 steps, cavalry, Trolls.
Among the 500,000 elite soldiers on the front line, 30,000 cavalry, only 80,000 were retained after the navy was removed, 370,000 infantry troops, and 20,000 Liu Zhang's personal guards (including 3,000 cavalry). Liu Zhang also ordered Lu Su and Gan Ning to build sea ships and train a real navy, once Yangzhou was captured, there was a harbor, and the navy could gallop the sea, and there was no concept of coastal defense in this era, and Liu Zhang's navy could wantonly attack Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and even Youzhou......
Of course, Liu Zhang's construction of the navy, not only for the civil war, in his heart, there is also a dream of colonization, of course, limited by the current technology, this may not be easy to do, but Liu Zhang does not care, he wants to lay down the concept of the navy to future generations, but also to let them understand that the purpose of the navy is to attack and develop, he believes that as long as the descendants adhere to his concept, one day, the Han will realize the dream of colonizing Europe, and even the world, so that those who bring infinite suffering to the people of the world can experience the pain of being colonized (a little angry, but this is Liu Zhang)!
Liu Zhang divided the troops into four field corps, the first field corps (also known as the Hanzhong Corps), stationed in Hanzhong County, mainly responsible for the operation in Guanzhong, the corps commander Wei Yan (the rank has been promoted to major general), the deputy corps commanders Gao Shun and Hua Xiong, the chief of staff Chen Gong (how Chen Gong came to Yizhou later), the deputy chief of staff Lou Gui and Feng Ji, the first division, the fourth division, the fifth division, and the ninth division of the infantry army, the first cavalry division (the Yizhou cavalry division is smaller than the infantry, only seven to eight thousand people), the first independent brigade of the infantry army (the original new camp, Expanded to 5,000 people), the Fifth Independent Brigade (formerly the first section of the Dongzhou Army, 7,000 people), the Sixth Brigade and the Eighth Brigade, a division directly under the field corps (responsible for reconnaissance, medical liaoning, logistics, and guards, with an establishment of 10,000 people, and the divisions directly under each corps will be equipped with a large number of civilians in wartime), totaling 100,000 horse infantry troops.
Note: Considering that the division-level units were too large and more flexible forces were needed to cope with small-scale battles, Liu Zhang set up an independent brigade, with the 1st to 5th brigades being reorganized as elite units, with strong combat power and relatively flexible troops, while the strength of the remaining independent brigades was relatively fixed, with 6,500 men per brigade.
The Second Field Corps (also known as the Nanyang Corps), stationed in Nanyang County, responsible for the front-line operations in Luoyang, Yanzhou and Yuzhou, the corps commander Xu Huang, Huang Zhong and Guan Yu served as the deputy commanders, the chief of staff Fa Zheng, the deputy chief of staff Kuai Liang (the post of Jingzhou Thorn Shi was promoted by his younger brother Kuai Yue), Zhang Song, the third division, the sixth division, the tenth division of the infantry army, the second cavalry division, the independent division of the infantry army (the only independent division-level unit, the original British army expansion, the title of the British army retained, the whole division is veterans who have participated in the battle, the strength of the army has reached 10,000), The 4th Independent Infantry Brigade (1st Dongzhou Army, 7,000 people), the 7th Independent Infantry Brigade, and a 10,000-strong field corps division, with a total strength of 85,000 people.
The Third Field Corps (also known as the Yuzhang Corps, Jingdong Corps), stationed in Jiangxia, Yuzhang, etc., is mainly responsible for operations in the direction of Yangzhou, corps commander Lu Su, deputy corps commanders Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, chief of staff Wang Lei, deputy chief of staff Sima Lang, Liu Ye, jurisdiction of the second division, eighth division, eleventh division of the infantry army, the first fleet, the second fleet, the third fleet (stationed in Yuzhang, Jiangxia, Jiangling, the first fleet is the largest, 30,000 people, the second fleet is 20,000, the third fleet is mainly responsible for the transfer of materials throughout Jingzhou, the smallest scale, only 10,000 soldiers, However, there are a large number of civilian ships and civilian husbands to help), the 1st Independent Brigade of the Navy (Jinfan Army, 5,000 people), one Marine Division of the Navy (15,000 people, acting with the warships, full-time responsible for landing operations), the 2nd Independent Cavalry Brigade (3,000 cavalry), and two brigades directly under the corps (respectively responsible for reconnaissance, medical care, logistics, and vigilance on the water and land, with a total of 14,000 people in the two brigades), totaling 140,000 people on land and water.
The Fourth Field Corps (also known as the Mobile Corps, Chengdu Corps) is responsible for the security of the hinterland of Yizhou in peacetime, and in wartime as reinforcements to support any direction of the battle, the corps commander Yan Yan, deputy corps commanders Zhang Fei and Yu Ban, chief of staff Shan Fu, deputy chiefs of staff Zhang Ren and Yan Pu, the seventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth divisions of the infantry army (master, 20,000 people, the only unit composed entirely of barbarians, responsible for mountain operations), Chengdu Division (master, 30,000 people, later called the Capital Division, Mainly responsible for the defense of Chengdu), Tiger Guard Division (Liu Zhang's personal guard division, composed of 17,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry), the Third Cavalry Division, the First Independent Cavalry Brigade (according to Liu Zhang's vision, it should be built into an elite army like Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army and Cao Cao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in history, but the formation time is still short, the combat power needs to be tested, and the whole brigade has 5,000 cavalry), the Fourth Fleet of the Navy (20,000 people, stationed in Jiangzhou), a 15,000-man field corps directly under the division, with a total strength of 175,000 people.
The commanders of each division and brigade: Li Yan, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, Wu Yi, commander of the 2nd Division, Huang Zhong, commander of the 3rd Division, Xidu, commander of the 4th Division, Hou Cheng, commander of the 5th Division, Guan Yu (concurrently), Guan Yu, commander of the 6th Division, Zhang Fei, commander of the 7th Division, Zhang Liao, commander of the 8th Division, Pei Yuanshao, commander of the 9th Division, Guan Hai, commander of the 10th Division, Gao Cheng, commander of the 11th Division (a talent discovered among the barbarians), Yu Ban, commander of the 12th Division, Huo Jun, commander of the 13th Division, Lei Tong, commander of the 14th Division, Yonghong (barbarian), commander of the 15th Division, Chengdu Division Commander Zhang Ren (concurrently), Huwei Division Commander Xu Chu, Infantry Independent Division Commander Liao Hua, Infantry Independent Brigade Commander Gao Shun (concurrently), Fourth Brigade Commander Gao Pei, Fifth Brigade Commander Yang Ren, Sixth Brigade Commander Wu Ban, Seventh Brigade Commander Meng Da, Eighth Brigade Commander Pang Yi, Commander of the First Cavalry Division Hua Xiong (concurrently), Second Division Division Xu Ding (Xu Chu's brother), Third Division Commander Liang Xi, Commander of the First Cavalry Independent Brigade Li Dian, Commander of the Second Brigade Li Tong, Commander of the First Fleet of the Navy Gan Ning (concurrently), Commander of the Second Fleet Zhou Tai, He Qi, commander of the Third Fleet, Cai Mao, commander of the Fourth Fleet, and Jiang Qin, commander of the Marine Division of the Navy.
Looking at the familiar names, Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel angry, such a gorgeous lineup, he can be said to be full of confidence in dominating the world, in addition to these people on the list, there are also Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, Wu Ming, Ling Cao, Dong Xi, Song Qian, Lu Meng, etc. (Song Qian, Lu Meng and others have been recommended by themselves through the recruitment halls all over Jing and Yi Erzhou since these times), if necessary, Liu Zhang can also expand the establishment of several divisions at any time.