However, it was impossible for Feng Quan to listen to him, and what Feng Quan wanted was to report to Hong Chengchou the situation and combat effectiveness of the newly organized Qing army, so that Hong Chengchou, who commanded the operation, could understand the comparison of the strength of the enemy and us, and deal with the enemy according to the situation.

"To be more specific, I want to know more about the enemy's situation, as well as the current situation of our army." Hong Chengchou said to Feng Quan in a deep voice.

Feng Quan, as an executor who was sent by Hong Chengchou to build guns and run away and directly participated in the reorganization of the Qing Army's new army, has a very thorough understanding of these situations, compared to other things, there are other aspects to deal with, Hong Chengchou, who uses his brain, is quite professional, at least in the direction of the new army, he has to know more details than Hong Chengchou, who single-handedly planned the establishment of the Qing army's new army.

In order to create muskets and artillery that were comparable to those of the Huaxia Army, Feng Quan was busy for more than half a year, and almost all of his time was spent on understanding the military system of the Huaxia Army and the manufacturing process of muskets and artillery.

"Yes, Lord Hong, to be specific, the Huaxia Army has three establishments, and this is the case at present."

Feng Quan said.

"What are the three types of formation?" Ao Bai couldn't help but ask.

"Well, that is, the regular army of the Huaxia Army has three formations, the Guards Brigade, the Field Brigade, and the Cavalry Brigade."

"Among them, the Guards Brigade, currently there are only two brigades, the First Guards Brigade, led by Zhang Qiang, the governor of the Huaxia Army, which can defend the capital of the Huaxia Army, Jinhuafu, and can also participate in battles; The 2nd Guards Brigade, led by Zhang Qiang's former butler Zhu Dayou, mainly defended the Fucheng of Jinhua and Xianju County, an important place for the Huaxia Army to manufacture muskets and artillery, and was heavily garrisoned. ”

"The 1st Guards Brigade is also a combat unit, the 2nd Guards Brigade is a garrison force, the 1st Guards Brigade has casualties and is supplemented from the 2nd Guards Brigade, the 2nd Guards Brigade is supplemented by elite soldiers and generals selected from each field brigade, and the soldier training is filled by retired soldiers or generals who have been wounded in battle or have received combat merits."

Ao Bai interjected: "Isn't this equivalent to the Praetorian Guard of the Ming Dynasty, or the current Praetorian Guard and the five battalions of my dynasty?" ”

Hong Chengchou touched the beard on his chin, "It's almost, but the Praetorian Guards of the Huaxia Army are directly led by their commander, and their combat effectiveness is quite strong, just like the personal guards of the founding Taizu of my dynasty, or the two banners directly led by the emperor Taiji of my dynasty." ”

Feng Quan nodded, and waited for the two of them to stop talking before continuing: "According to the confessions of those captured Huaxia Army, the 1st Guards Brigade, muskets and artillery, are the best, with a staffing of 12,000 people, and the 2nd Guards Brigade has more cold weapons, more knives and guns, and slightly fewer firearms.

But the weapons used, whether it was armor, weapons, muskets, artillery, were the same as those of the 1st Guards Brigade, and they were quite advanced, and their weapons and equipment were all self-produced.

According to the Portuguese, their muskets and artillery are much better quality than them, and they originally bought the muskets and artillery of the Huaxia Army, and the Taixi people on the southeast coast are more respected by the muskets and artillery of the Huaxia Army, and even weapons and armor. ”

"Can we build one?" Ao Bai added another sentence that was very unrealistic.

Feng Quan's face was as red as a pig's liver, and he was silent for a long time.

"Uh-huh, Master Feng continues." Of course, Hong Chengchou knew that the muskets and artillery they were producing now were all copied from the Huaxia Army, and those who imitated others also said that some people were good or not, which was a slap in the face.

Who has ever seen a copycat better than the original?

"Well, then let's talk about the field brigade of the Huaxia Army, the Guards Brigade is extremely closely guarded by the Huaxia Army, and our army is meticulous, or Shanxi merchants, or those captured field brigade soldiers of the Huaxia Army, they can't know the specific situation, they can only know a rough idea, so I won't repeat it here."

Ao Bai didn't speak, but he was worried in his heart, that is to say, the current new army was actually created after the second-class troops of the Huaxia Army, doesn't this mean that the combat effectiveness of the Huaxia Army is still higher?

"There are two kinds of field brigades, large field brigades with firearms as the mainstay, and small field brigades with cold weapons and cavalry as the mainstay.

The large field brigade, which mainly focuses on firearms, has a personnel establishment of about 8,500 to 9,000 people, and has three regiments, one of which is directly under the field brigade. and the brigade headquarters and battalion of the field brigade, plus several establishments of the main general's personal guard.

Baggage battalions, engineer battalions, artillery battalions, cavalry battalions, and scout cavalry battalions directly under the brigade headquarters.

The artillery battalion was heard to be twelve-pounder, eighteen-pounder, with a longer range and greater power. Although the number of these guns is not large, there are only a few under the direct jurisdiction of each brigade.

After the Huaxia Army was restructured, the large number of artillery pieces in the past were eliminated or assigned to the ever-increasing number of field brigades, the division of labor became more and more refined, and the combat effectiveness was doubled.

The third regiment is two regiments with firearms, and the first regiment is divided into cavalry battalions.

The cavalry battalion was divided into a hundred households of lancers, a hundred households of dragoons, and a scout cavalry; The artillery battalion was equipped with three nine-pounder guns, six six-pounder guns, and a transport baggage.

The battalion has 2,000 men and two battalions with an establishment of 800 people, and the battalion has one artillery team of 100 households directly under the battalion, one personal guard team, and one baggage team with the general banner.

As for the number of soldiers with knives and guns in them, there are fewer and fewer soldiers, a brigade used to have nearly half of these soldiers, but now there are only 2,000 soldiers in a large brigade of the Huaxia Army, and the rest are either cavalry or artillery, and the muskets can have as many as 4,000 soldiers.

In the case of small brigades, the number of men increased to 8,000, the number of muskets increased from 2,000 to 3,000, the artillery equipment was less, but the cavalry increased, and the number of soldiers with knives and guns in other cold weapons was relatively reduced. It's only three thousand. ””

Ao Bai asked: "That is to say, the Huaxia army is developing towards firearms, striking the enemy from a distance, as long as we rush to the front, the Huaxia army will be at a loss, and their melee ability is weaker than our army?" ”

Hong Chengchou did not wait for Feng Quan to answer, he had the last say on this point, "The cold weapons of the Huaxia Army are not less, but more, and they will have local garrison troops and local militia units to participate in the war during wartime."

These troops, the garrison troops ensure the grain routes, the militia troops transport grain and grass, and help the baggage troops and engineer units of the regular army to transport grain and grass, and if you ignore them, you will suffer.

Because the baggage troops and engineering units were mainly archers and crossbowmen, supplemented by pikemen and sword and shield soldiers.

Moreover, these garrison troops are all the former Jinhua Righteous Army troops, which are brave warriors who dare to fight our army head-on with swords and guns, which is equivalent to the Han Army Banner Unit of our army, and it is also a combat unit.

As for the militia, they are all veterans or disabled soldiers who have retired from the regular army and the garrison units, and the wounded soldiers have participated in the suppression of bandits, or have fought against the families of the landlords and gentry on the territory of the Huaxia Army. ”

Ao Bai was already stunned, "This, this, this, all the people are soldiers." ”