It is not an overnight thing for the defenders to be reorganized into regular legions, at this time Daming in addition to the Beijing-Liao and Jingdong two railways, other places are still in the stage of basic transportation, if they come to the capital to assemble, I am afraid that some of the defenders will have to spend the New Year on the road, Zhu Cijiong thought about it, or set the assembly site in Xiangyang City, which is basically in the center of the current territory of the Ming Dynasty, from the provinces in the past the road is almost the same, as long as the army commander is sent over, so as to save most of the time of the people from all walks of life.

The establishment of the regular corps is established, and the next thing is the reserve corps, which is mainly used to supplement the battle damage, that is, the intermediate link between the tunwei and the regular corps, before the Chongzheng Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was mainly based on cold weapons, and transferred people directly from the tunwei, and they could almost be put into battle after a little practice, but now it is not possible, if they can't shoot and shoot, they will have to train for at least a few months, if it is in wartime, they will definitely delay the fighters, so Zhu Cijiong decided to form three reserve corps.

With the reserve corps, you can first gather the garrison guards, train the basic operation of muskets and artillery, once the regular corps has casualties, it can immediately replenish the battle damage, and when the imperial court needs a large number of people, just pull the reserve corps over, which is very convenient, such as disaster relief, such as the northwest excavation of the canal.

As for the chief general of the reserve corps, Zhu Cijiong also thought about it, that is, Hong Chengchou, Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui, these three people are famous generals in history, of course, their name is not a good reputation, because they all surrendered to the Manchus in the end!

Zhu Cijiong originally wanted to suppress them and make them never turn over, but these people have real materials, and now Houjin has been driven to the Mongolian steppe by him, and the establishment of the dynasty and the establishment of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can only disgust him, these three people have no chance to show their soft side at all, and they have not made mistakes, so it seems a bit too much to say.

Especially this Wu Sangui, he was born in a family of generals in western Liaoning, his father is the former Jinzhou general Wu Xiang, his uncle is the current Dongying First Army commander Zu Dashou, according to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, he is Ji Zuyin should also be promoted to the general soldier, the problem is not only good background, but also has real skills, he Chongzheng almost won the championship in the second year of the martial arts, and later participated in a series of major battles in Liaodong The performance is quite outstanding, and he has been promoted to the general soldier only by virtue of military merits, such a general who can be outstanding is not promoted, I'm afraid that the generals of the entire Liaodong family will have opinions.

Now it's okay, he was directly promoted to the commander of the legion, and he was promoted to the top, everyone should have nothing to say!

However, the commander of this legion is just a showman, and he can't directly participate in the battle, not to mention, Zhu Cijiong doesn't plan to equip them with this equipment, just to train the recruits, what to do with so many weapons and equipment, each legion is equipped with 10,000 Type 24 flintlock pistols and 100 Type 317 howitzers, and they are all old goods eliminated by the first-class army!

These three people are basically like this in their lives, the reserve corps does not have to participate in battles, if they do not participate in the battle, they will not be able to obtain military merits, and they cannot be promoted without military merits, let them grow old in the position of the commander of the reserve corps.

The establishment of the army was probably determined in this way, and the Ming Army now has thirteen regular corps and three reserve corps, with a total of 1.6 million horses.

The 1st class regiments are:

the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard under the command of Qin Liangyu;

Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army;

the Guanning Army commanded by Cao Wenzhao;

The second-class regiments are:

the Qin army commanded by Sun Chuanting;

the Liaodong Army commanded by Man Gui;

the Dongjiang Army commanded by Mao Wenlong;

The third-class regiments are:

the Second Legion of the Praetorian Guard under the command of Scofa;

the First Army of the Frontier Army commanded by Cao Wenzhao;

the Second Army Corps of the Frontier Army commanded by Ma Xianglin;

the First Army of the Expeditionary Force commanded by Hou Shilu;

the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force commanded by Qin Yiming;

the Dingliao Army commanded by Qin Gongming;

the Wuwei Army commanded by Li Mingfu;

The Reserve Corps are:

the Shaanxi Reserve Corps commanded by Hong Chengchou;

the Shanxi Reserve Corps commanded by Zuo Liangyu;

the Henan Reserve Corps commanded by Wu Sangui;

Zhu Cijiong also made unified regulations on the equipment of the corps at all levels, and the specific configuration is:

The 1st Class Regiment has 50,000 cavalry, 10,000 artillerymen, 40,000 infantry, 250 howitzers of Type 317, Type 417 howitzers, 518 howitzers, and 620 howitzers, one revolver rifle and five grenades for each cavalry and infantry, and one revolver and two grenades for each artilleryman.

There are 30,000 cavalry, 10,000 artillerymen, and 60,000 infantry regiments, with 300 howitzers of the 317 type, 417 howitzers, and 518 howitzers, and each cavalryman is equipped with a revolver rifle and five grenades, and the infantry is equipped with a 24 flintlock pistol and five grenades, and the artillerymen are each equipped with a revolver and two grenades.

There are 10,000 artillery and 90,000 infantry of the third-class regiment, 400 howitzers of the 317 type and 417 howitzers, one flintlock pistol and five grenades for each of the infantrymen, and one revolver and two grenades for each artilleryman.

Zhu Cijiong also made unified regulations on military ranks and military positions, and in order to save trouble, he shamelessly embezzled the military rank system of later generations, but only added the grade of the Ming Dynasty.

The commander of the corps is collectively referred to as the commander of the corps, the military rank is general, the epaulettes are two bars and three flowers, the commander of the first-class corps is a five-star general of the first rank, and the military hat is inlaid with five stars, the commander of the second-class corps is a four-star general from the first rank, the commander of the third-class corps is a three-star general of the second grade, and the commander of the reserve corps is a general from the second rank and one star;

Each corps is divided into two armies, each corps of 50,000 horses, the main generals are collectively called army commanders, lieutenant general ranks, three grades, epaulettes two bars and two flowers;

Each army is divided into five divisions, each division has 10,000 horses, and the main generals are collectively called division commanders, with the rank of major general, four grades, and two bars and one flower for epaulettes;

Each division was divided into two regiments, each with 5,000 men, and the commander was called the regiment commander, with the rank of colonel, with five grades, and two epaulettes of two bars and three stars;

Each regiment is divided into five battalions, each with 1,000 men and horses, and the commander is called the battalion commander, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, with six grades, and two bars and two stars for epaulettes;

Each battalion is divided into five companies, each with two hundred men, and the commander is called the company commander, with the rank of major, with seven grades, and two bars and one star in epaulettes;

Each company is divided into two platoons, each platoon is a hundred men and horses, the commander is the platoon commander, the rank of captain, from the seventh rank, and the epaulette is three stars;

Each platoon is divided into five squads, twenty per squad, the commander is the platoon leader, the rank of lieutenant, the ninth grade, and the epaulette is one bar and two stars;

Each squad is divided into four corps, each corps of five people, the commander is the captain, the rank of second lieutenant, from the ninth rank, epaulettes one bar and one star;

Zhu Cijiong believes that after the reorganization of the Ming army, it can definitely be called the existence of the land hegemon, as long as it does not start a war with several powerful countries at the same time, on land, the Ming is basically invincible!