On the 28th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the New Year is almost over. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info According to the calendar of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the New Year of the Holy Kingdom is five days after the Lunar New Year, but the newly occupied land in Guangzhou City, coupled with Feng Yunshan's intention to relax restrictions in this regard, the people in Guangzhou City are still accustomed to celebrating the Lunar New Year according to the Lunar New Year.

Just as the holy army and the people in Guangzhou were preparing to celebrate the New Year, Feng Yunshan gathered many of his generals and announced that they were ready to carry out military reform of the holy army.

"Holy King, right now, the situation of the Holy Army is very good, and more and more people are joining the Holy Army, why do you want to carry out any reforms?" Luo Xuan didn't understand and asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Holy King, isn't the current military system very good, Lin is worried that once it changes, it will cause instability in the army's morale and damage the combat power." Lin Fengxiang also followed the persuasion, of course, they were also kind enough to remind Feng Yunshan.

"I'm in favor of the Holy King's reform!" Chen Yucheng, who had just led his troops to Guangzhou City, interjected that this was the first time he had participated in a meeting convened by the Holy King as a high-ranking general, and he had the intention to behave well.

Feng Yunshan looked at Chen Yucheng with a smile and said with a smile: "Brother Four-eyed, you should tell me, why are you in favor of restructuring?" ”

"This. I can't say it, I approve of whatever the Holy King thinks is good! Chen Yucheng replied slyly, making everyone present laugh.

Feng Yunshan usually works with his generals and is relatively relaxed, unlike the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is strictly hierarchical, even if it is an old man like Feng Yunshan, he can't make a joke, which makes the current Feng Yunshan very disgusted. Therefore, after breaking away from the main force of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he made the environment of the entire holy army much more relaxed. Of course, there are good and bad.

"Then the four eyes will talk about the current military system." Chen Yucheng was laughed at by everyone, his face turned red, he gritted his teeth and was ruthless, he really thought of a reason, and said: "Now the establishment of the Holy Army is completely based on the original Taiping Army, with five people as a team, five soldiers as two, four two as pawns, five pawns as brigades, five brigades as divisions, and five divisions as armies. Originally, orders were given with flags and drums were beaten, but now when guns and cannons are fired, the sound on the battlefield is like thunder, and the smoke is billowing out, and the sound of drums is not heard at all. ”

Seeing that the generals present all nodded in agreement, Chen Yucheng continued: "And now the generals of the Holy Army are also chaotic and cannot be unified in command. Take the Holy Fourth Army I led as an example, as a military commander, leading the Holy Fourth Army, if I am promoted to the general system of the supervising army in the future, or I lead the Holy Fourth Army, but the commander of the Holy Fourth Army below is hollowed out, he will intervene and play the role of the division commander below, if one day I still have generals, commanders, and checkpoints, and when I go to the battlefield, everyone will command, wouldn't it be chaotic? ”

Feng Yunshan looked relieved, this Chen Siyan had been training in the army for so long, and finally began to mature. He nodded, and then asked, "The opinion of the Four-Eyed Brother is very important!" Let's talk about it too! ”

Tan Shaoguang saw that Chen Yucheng stole the limelight, and he was not far behind, he was older than Chen Yucheng, and he was promoted earlier than Chen Yucheng, and it was the first time to participate in such a high-level meeting.

"Holy King, it is true that as the Four-Eyed Brothers said, the existing Saint Army military system based on the principle of the Five-Five System is somewhat out of touch with the musket and artillery weapons currently being used." After all, Tan Shaoguang has matured a lot, and after using a large number of muskets and artillery during the defense of the Liede Fort, he pondered for a while and studied the military system of the Holy Army.

Seeing Feng Yunshan looking at him with encouraging eyes, Tan Shaoguang was excited, and continued: "The military system of the Holy Army is modeled after the military system of the Zhou Dynasty. But for today's mode of warfare, which mainly uses muskets and artillery as the main weapons, it is a little inappropriate! There are too many troops, too many soldiers, and artillery shells or bullets come at them, which cannot be avoided and is not conducive to command on the battlefield. Therefore, I think it is necessary to carry out the reform. ”

Feng Yunshan smiled, this Tan Shaoguang didn't expect it to be very good, he has brains, he has experienced several battles, and he can analyze and summarize, he is a good seedling of a military general.

"Holy King, let me tell me." After half a year of running-in with everyone, Zuo Zongtang gradually integrated into the circle of holy army generals dominated by the old brothers in Guangxi, and began to speak at this kind of military meeting.

"I think the military system of the Holy Army needs to be reorganized, and it must be reorganized!" Zuo Zongtang said categorically: "The reason is that General Chen and Marshal Tan have said just now, and there is another point, now there are too many soldiers in the Holy Army, and the command is bloated. For example, the 13,000 people of the Holy First Army have now been seriously expanded to 16,000 people. As a result, there was a holy army, with 2,000 people remaining in Daozhou, 1,000 in Guiyang and Chenzhou, and another 13,000 in Guangzhou. Such a compilation is tantamount to losing its original meaning! ”

"Moreover, the number of a large army cannot serve the purpose of flexible and mobile combat that the original Saint King requested. In today's predominantly musket-based situation, it is difficult to command effectively. On the one hand, there are too many levels of generals above, from the single commander and above, there are many levels such as supervising the army, the general system, the general, the commander, the inspector, the prime minister, etc., and each level interferes too much with the first army, and it is easy to command chaos. On the other hand, the level of the Holy Soldier is too simple, below the two Simas, there is only an ordinary Holy Soldier and a military commander, and there is no level difference between the Holy Soldier and the Holy Soldier. ”

After Zuo Zongtang finished speaking, everyone else stopped talking, and everyone already understood the problem of the current holy army military system, and also understood that the reform was imperative.

Seeing that everyone had no more opinions after speaking, Feng Yunshan said with a final word: "Since everyone is aware of the problem of the existing holy army military system, in order to adapt to future wars, then the existing military system will be reorganized. ”

"Brother Shaoguang summed it up very well just now, the existing holy army military system is the principle of the five-five system, which is only suitable for the era of cold weapons such as swords, spears, bows and arrows, but now, it has entered the era of hot weapons!"

Feng Shaoguang formally proposed the concept of hot weapons and instilled it in the generals. In fact, when he conquered Guangzhou, he wanted to carry out military reform, but he never had leisure, and now the proportion of hot weapons such as foreign guns is increasing, and the number of holy soldiers is also increasing, and the time is ripe for the reorganization of the military system.

Feng Yunshan considered that in the era of hot weapons, it was necessary to apply the corresponding principle of the military system, that is, the principle of the three-three system. However, in this era when hot weapons have just begun, there are no high-strength firearms such as machine guns, so we cannot completely copy the three-three system of later generations, and we still need to revise and improve it slightly.

"This king has decided: to carry out a comprehensive restructuring and rectification of the Taiping Holy Army!"

"First of all, the 'Taiping Holy Army', which is easy to be confused with the Taiping Army, was renamed and later called the Chinese Capture Army. Take the meaning of 'expelling the Tartars and recovering my China'! ”

Seeing that everyone was not surprised, Feng Yunshan then announced:

"Abolish the practice of all members of the church as holy soldiers, and all paitails, women's camps, etc., are lifted and resettled."

"The original combat saints, re-select, select the good and eliminate the inferior, select and train, practice new foreign guns and foreign artillery, and change the old concept!"

"Establish a general staff in the captive army, select generals at all levels with flexible minds and rich combat experience, and serve as staff officers, and this king will entrust him with important tasks."

"Later, this king will first select a few staff officers to compile the "Regulations for the Establishment of the Chinese Capture Army", which will be publicly promulgated in two days!"

…… (To be continued.) )