After inquiring about the situation in each town, except for Dongguo Chang, there was no problem with the soldiers and training of the rest of the towns, and the biggest problem was concentrated in the fact that the towns had expanded by 10,000 people and expanded by 200,000 people, and before that, the commanders of each army actually led up to 40,000 or 50,000 troops, and only Ye Xin and Guan Longqing put down the Black Turban Rebellion and commanded more than 100,000 troops, and the generals and governors of the rest of the towns did not have more than 50,000 troops and experience.

Moreover, most of the chief officers are nearly sixty years old or in their sixties, and the space for further growth is extremely limited, including Bai Liyan and Zhao Xun, they have never commanded an army of 1.4 million and 800,000 people to fight, and I am afraid that there is no precedent in the history of the Central Plains for a county to gather so many troops.

During the southern expedition, Bailiyan commanded a rabble of three or four hundred thousand at most, and the evacuation of more than one million people, but the rabble was much more convenient than governing the army, because as long as the focus was on taking care of the big brothers on each mountain, it was easier to control the men and horses below.

However, the 300,000 or 400,000 troops, or even the millions, are not only an increase in numbers, but a change in the entire system, and there is no experience for reference.

To this end, Bailiyan's plan is:

"In view of the situation in each town, after discussing with Zhao Shuai, General Lu, and Guan Long's military division, it was decided to set up a new 'group army' military system to coordinate the operations of the towns and armies and facilitate command."

Before the words fell, Bao Rui, the military governor of Xu Jinyi Town, asked

"Deputy Marshal, what is a 'group army'?"

"In short, it is a higher-class formation that is composed of multiple town armies or garrisons under the command of one person, but the original structure remains unchanged, and this law is modeled after the establishment of the Jinxuedi army.

Every time the Jin Xuedi people invade the north, their maximum structure is the commander-in-chief, which is equivalent to our metropolitan governor and even the general, with a command of 10,000 or tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and the commander of the army is set up above the commander to command the commanders, and the commanders of the regiments are above the barbarian king or the cronies of the barbarian king as the legion group, and then accommodate each legion to build a larger army.

This can be convenient for command, and even dismantling and reorganization, which is why the Jin Xuedi people are not boastful, they can constantly adjust the well-formed army and reorganize the corps. However, the principle of our central government is to take the metropolitan governor as the combat cluster, and the number of troops is more than 10,000 people, so it greatly restricts the troop dispatch of the commanders and generals. ”

The greatest military success of the Jinxuedi people was the improvement of the operational structure and the establishment of a more advanced vertical command structure, which greatly facilitated the issuance of operational orders by their command level and even the reorganization of the heavily damaged structure.

To a large extent, the military system of the Central Plains still relies solely on the individual level of generals and commanders, rather than relying on the military system to improve the efficiency of the army, which is the biggest difference between the military leading thinking of the two sides.

The purpose of the reform is to establish a more perfect and flat command structure, and to simultaneously complete the transformation of the military system while promoting scientific progress and updating and iteration of weapons.

To a large extent, the group army is a further bold attempt after the successful reform of the military system; with the existing traditional combat system, 300,000 to 500,000 is already the limit that the current command system can accommodate, and this is only the minimum requirement to ensure that no major incidents are made, and that eating, drinking, and Lazar are well managed.

The new group army structure is conducive to reshaping the command structure, clarifying the distinction between campaign and strategic levels, and concentrating the originally complex and chaotic command power of each town to a few sporadic people, and these few people are ultimately responsible to one person, and so on, and then forming a larger establishment such as group army groups and group army clusters.

"Now this marshal ordered that General Lu Tingxun's Ninth Town, General Gao Pei's Fourth Town, and General Dongguo Chang's troops should be placed in the First Group Army, which will be commanded by Zhao Shuai himself. General Gu Zhong's fifth town and General Mo Yunfeng's second town were placed in the second group army, which was under the command of General Lu and Guan Long's army division.

General Xu Jin's first town, General Ye Xin's third town, Fang Liang, Tian Peng's sixth town, General Xue Sheng's seventh town, General Zhou Kong's eighth town, and General Dongguo Chang's Guangxin Army's troops and horses were placed in the Third Group Army, which were personally led by the commander, and the generals could have objections. ”

"Dare to ask the deputy marshal, why did you withdraw the Guangxin Army from the end and integrate it into the Third Army?" Dong Guo Chang stood up and asked, and Bai Liyan answered

"First of all, the commander is not shy about it, the Guangxin army is the commander of the army, and the messenger of the commander is easy to bring with him, and he can rest assured. Second, the generals should also hear that the Third Group Army led by this commander and the Guangxin Army have six independent formations under their jurisdiction, and this establishment is related to the next offensive and defensive tasks.

Third, if the troops under the command of General Dong Guochang can be killed if there is a Guangxin army, the commander will immediately transfer the department out of the battle, if not, General Dong Guochang will lead the people to stay by Zhao Shuai's side to consolidate the rear, do not make fearless sacrifices, you understand. ”

"Ben got it."

"Well, who still has objections now?"

At this time, Chen Qu, the governor of the navy, stood up and said

"Each town army is assigned, why is the last general's navy and navy missing?"

"General Chen, don't be impatient, the navy and the naval commander have other arrangements."

Chen Qu's navy and navy had about 28,000 personnel before the war, but after the expansion, the number reached 48,000, and 20,000 people were supplemented.

The task of the Third Army is to assault westward, and it requires a streamlined establishment and flexible tactics, and too little strength will inevitably lead to the disintegration of the original structure due to excessive territory, disrupting the distribution of troops, and not conducive to the deployment of troops.

Zhou Kong and Xue Sheng had a total of 92,000 men and 360 artillery pieces of various types. The third town of Yexin originally had 20,000 heavy cavalry, 20,000 shock light infantry, and 120 artillery pieces of various types, and after the expansion, the heavy cavalry was 30,000, the impact light infantry was 20,000, the impact light infantry was 20,000, and the bow and crossbow infantry was 40,000, totaling 110,000.

Xu Jin's first town army had 50,000 personnel, 20,000 crossbowmen, 10,000 heavy infantry, and 20,000 light infantry, and the number of personnel increased to 100,000 after expansion.

Fang Liang and Tian Peng's sixth town, the number of 20,000 were infantry, including a small number of hoplites, which increased to 60,000 after expansion. The Guangxin Army had only 3,000 men, so the Third Army had only 365,000 men.

Zhao Xun's First Group Army was under the jurisdiction of the Ninth, Fourth, and Eastern Guochang armies, with a total strength of about 400,000 troops.

Lu Gao and Guan Longxiang's Second Group Army has jurisdiction over the second town and the fifth town, with a post of 450,000, of which the fifth town of Guzhong was originally stationed in Jiangdong, with a post of only 20,000 light cavalry, and the strength has increased tenfold after the expansion, reaching 200,000, which seriously exceeds its ability to command, and Guan Longxiang's role is very important at this time.

None of the entire Second Group Army had combat experience in commanding more than 100,000 people, Lu Gao had led a few thousand people at most, and a few thousand people with tens of thousands of people could still make up the number, and bringing hundreds of thousands of people was not at all a level.

After returning to the Central Plains in the south, he lived in the court, and he had not led the troops to fight for more than ten years, and he suddenly asked him to lead hundreds of thousands of troops, so he arranged Guan Longxiang as a military advisor to help him fight.

The total strength of the three group armies was about 1.22 million, and another 60,000 recruits, the 100,000 battalion of workers was responsible for building bridges and opening roads to protect the people and transporting grain and grass, and the other 100,000 battalions of workers were transferred back to the capital to defend the capital, and Zhao Xun controlled it to ensure the logistics of the three armies.

After dividing the armies, Bailiyan stood up and walked to the army-green curtain behind him, which was half a zhang long and half a zhang wide, and lifted it down, and a full picture of the Central Plains reappeared.

"Generals, this map is a map of the old land of Sun Guo, which is similar to the map issued by you before, but what you see is more detailed, if you can't see clearly, please sit forward, the next will be the focus of the meeting, generals, please remember."

After speaking, Bai Liyan signaled to Wei Qi, distributed the minutes of the meeting to the generals present in turn, and then continued

"The enemy in front of our army is 640,000 guards, of which 570,000 are located in Dekang, and more than 70,000 are located in Fangling. The details of this person are all in the minutes, you can take a closer look at it yourself, and the commander will not repeat it, and now the commander will introduce the deployment of the guards. ”

Bai Liyan picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the map and said

Du Ruixun set up the camp in Jiangquan City, this place is the place where the tiger studied, controlling the entry and exit of the Biqing River, and at the same time it is also the place where the enemy water village is located, and it is the best place to land, so the guard army has 80,000 heavy troops in Jiangquan Inner and Outer Tun, and built 72 earthen forts, more than 200 artillery pieces of various types, and no forts. Between fifty miles west of Jiangquan and Yefeng granary, 40,000 guards are stationed, and reinforcements can be sent to the riverside at any time.

In the north of Jiangquan Tingshan City, not far from the border of Changsun country, north is hills, south is tidal flats, because it is not conducive to the landing of the infantry army, and at the same time not far from Jiangquan, the guards only stationed more than 12,000 people here.

One hundred and fifty miles to the south of Jiangquan is the swordfish beach, the swordfish beach is thirty miles long from north to south, the tidal flat is thirty to forty paces longitudinal on average, and the west of the tidal flat is a gentle slope, which is conducive to landing impact, so it is also one of the few tidal flats higher than the river surface in Dekang County, which is very suitable for the infantry army to land in the field from here.

However, the guards stationed 60,000 people here, built 47 earthen fortifications along the coast, and arranged more than 170 artillery pieces of various types, without batteries. Seventy miles west of Swordfish Beach, 50,000 guards are stationed, relying on the forest and highlands to rush to the aid of Swordfish Beach, and retreating can hold the forest highlands.

Further south is Hukou Bay, this place is concave to the west for about two miles, presenting the tiger's mouth outfit, the tiger's mouth is high in the north and south and short in the west, the tidal flat is narrower, it is conducive to the infantry army to go ashore, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the guards are arranged with about 80 artillery pieces on both sides of the hukou, the garrison is 30,000, Hukou Bay is the Huwei River to the west of the 40 miles, and there are pontoon bridges, and about 70,000 guards are stationed in the west of the Huwei River to meet the Hukou Bay. ”

Before the words fell, Jiang Jie suddenly asked

"Why is there only 30,000 people in Hukou Bay and 70,000 in Huwei River?"

"That's a good question, for under the present conditions, the force of the forced landing should be three times that of the defenders, and if both sides are hot weapons, the number of landing forces should be at least five times that of the enemy, so that the first-line strength of the defenders is sufficient for the defense of the defenders.

However, Du Ruixun is the son of the famous general Du Zhen, who inherited his father's mantle, and his use of troops is quite disciplined. Its troop arrangements are all in front and rear echelon configuration, intended to make the worst plan, if our army concentrates its forces to land and attack a little strongly, the guards will not be able to concentrate their forces to rescue in a short time.

Therefore, after the first-line defenders are defeated, it is extremely necessary to set up a second line, and the guards can collect the remnants of the first-line guards on the second line, and at the same time carry out a counterattack after judging the situation of our army, so the second-line defenders are usually less than the first-line defenders.

However, there are 70,000 people in the Huwei River, and there are only 30,000 people in the close Hukou Bay, which has the characteristics of the terrain of Hukou Bay that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and at the same time, there is no danger to defend the Pingyi Pingchuan River west of the Huwei River.

Our army knew very well that it was going to lead the horse from the south to defend the country, so Du Ruixun made the worst plan in case our army broke through its two lines of defense and was torn open and poured into its rear. In order to prevent our cavalry and infantry from carrying out a large-depth assault on horseback, the defenders must build a heavy group on the plain to stop our army from plundering.

Although the Huwei River is a river, in fact the width is less than five zhang, and it is very convenient to build bridges, so if our army breaks through from here, the defenders can only set fire along the river, delay our army's westward advance, and then retreat on horseback, seeking to preserve its strength and regroup.

At the same time, we should seize the psychology of our army's eagerness to break through the gap, and lead our main force into the hinterland of the Dekang Plain by retreating and deceiving defeat, so that it can make a detour to us from the garrisons on the north and south flanks, and then encircle and eat up our vanguard army. Governor Jiang can understand. ”

"The last will understand."

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