Who is the Third Army?

Although it is not the most powerful combat ability in the battle sequence of the Tang army, it is also in the top ranks, and it is definitely not comparable to other troops.

If a country wants to build a strong army, it needs to spend more energy and material resources than ordinary people can imagine.

The strongest combat effectiveness of the Tang Army was the Second Army.

However, the Second Army and the First Army belong to the same forbidden army sequence, and their task is to guard Chang'an and protect Taiji Palace.

The task of the First Army is to guard the palace and guard the city of Chang'an, and their combat tasks are mostly defensive, with the terrain of Chang'an, it can be said that after a few years, any army will not have a good result when attacking Chang'an.

The First Army had already marked every building in Chang'an, and even formulated a defensive strategy, that is, every time the enemy army took a step, it would enter a new trap, a new encirclement.

The second army is responsible for the periphery of Chang'an, mostly field battles, siege warfare, they are the first force to guard Chang'an, in other words, the second army is lost, it will be the turn of the first army.

In the Second Army, whether it is equipment, personnel, or the supply of materials, it is the top priority of the Tang Army.

Just in their camp, there are enough supplies for them to fight for at least a year, a year, this is the bottom line.

It is said that he is strong, not because of these, but because the training methods of the Second Army are very different, and each of their soldiers needs to practice field-related subjects, as well as siege warfare-related subjects, and they must also be familiar with the relevant knowledge of urban offensive and defensive operations.

How could such a unit, with its miscellaneous training subjects, have strong combat effectiveness?

The more you train, the more you have to distract from your limited energy.

But this is the forbidden army, there are enough resources, all the resources needed, not bad here.

Those who cannot adapt to it will be eliminated, and those who have performed well in the units at all levels and have shown strong adaptability and combat ability will be transferred up.

The terrifying elimination rate has made this army so elite, and the price paid is to gather the power of the Tang Dynasty and select these tens of thousands of people from hundreds of thousands of troops.

Compared with the Second Army, the combat effectiveness of the Third Army may be somewhat inferior.

But compared to other troops, the Third Army is a terrifying existence.

As the saying goes, the third army is stationed on the periphery of Chang'an, which is a line of defense close to the second army.

The soldiers of the Third Army came from three places, the new barracks, the forbidden army, and other troops.

Most of the soldiers who were eliminated by the Second Army came to the Third Army, and they were eliminated only because the Second Army was too demanding, and they demanded that everyone be all-powerful.

But unlike the Third Army, which belonged to a field army of regular formation.

As the name suggests, field warfare includes all the combat items of field operations, while siege includes siege, defense, street warfare and other related combat items.

According to the operational needs, the Tang Army divided the troops into three levels, three grades: A, B, and C.

Different levels have different differences, and the reason why Category A troops are Category A troops is that his status is extremely special.

It is so special that when they go to select people, the troops below Category A must be released.

It's a bit similar to the feeling of the special forces in later generations, until the ordinary troops who are in trouble are angry, so it is appropriate to select some from the recruits.

In addition, the establishment of the A type of troops is also different, the division level is the same, but the replacement of equipment has priority, to the army level, it is composed of five divisions, a division of 10,000 people, an army is nearly 60,000 people, this scale, hehe.

Category B troops have three to four divisions under their jurisdiction, which belong to conventional combat units, and Type C troops, that is, local garrisons, with a very large total number, but the strength of a single region is not very large, and it is mainly responsible for the task of maintaining stability in a region, and an army has only two to three divisions, and the specific establishment is determined according to the number of people in the region and the size of the region.

Near Chang'an, there is only one army of the forbidden army and the third army, and there is also a fourth army a little farther away, and the strength of about 170,000 troops is the troops that directly defend Chang'an.

"Your Majesty, if the Third Army is transferred, the defense around Chang'an will instantly leave a hole, in case it ......" Cheng Zhijie pouted.

Arrange the troops, he knows very well, where each unit is stationed, what role can it be? He is also very clear.

Although according to the current situation, the transfer of a third army will not cause any problems, after all, this loophole has come out, and no one can say what will happen later.

"The Third Army will be transferred sooner or later, occupying the name of a Class A army without assuming due responsibility, what is the use of Datang raising this army? As for the defense of Chang'an, the Forbidden Army and the Fourth Army were sufficient. Li Yuanji shook his head, it's not that he is overconfident, the forbidden army and the fourth army add up to 110,000 people, and they can't hold a Chang'an? What's more, most of them are equipped with new rifles, how can their combat effectiveness be comparable to before?

"This time is not only to deal with things, but also a practical training, you have to coordinate all aspects." Li Yuanji continued.

The formation of the Third Army, or the entire Type A Army, was formed with reference to the squad of the rapid mobile units of later generations.

Because the conditions do not allow it, there are no cars, tanks, armored vehicles or anything, but there are railways, but the length of the railways is not long enough at the moment, so it cannot show the role of rapid mobility troops, and it has never been really rehearsed.

Taking this opportunity, Li Yuanji also wanted to see if it was feasible in the Tang Dynasty for him to refer to this practice in later generations.

"Then Your Majesty, when will the ministers leave?" Perhaps seeing what Li Yuanji meant, Fang Xuanling didn't say anything more, and asked directly about the departure time.

Of course, even if he didn't ask, Fang Xuanling already had the answer in his heart.

"Let's go now!" Saying that, Li Yuanji brought a holy decree prepared in advance, a holy decree for the transfer of troops, and another holy decree, this one was for Duan Lun and those troops who were participating, ordering them to withdraw and hand over the matter to Fang Xuanling and others to deal with.

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Coming out of the palace, the four of them frowned, but Ma Wu didn't have any reaction, for him, there was no need to prepare anything, just issue an order to the secret guard, go to Xingyang? It is enough for him to go alone, at most he will bring a few helpers, these people are in the palace and can leave at any time.

"Zhijie, how long will it take you over there?" Fang Xuanling looked at Cheng Zhijie, he had been separated from the army for many years, although he had heard of the current army, but after all, it was not as clear as before, and Fang Xuanling also knew that the current army was not the previous army, it was different.

"It will take an hour at the earliest." Cheng Zhijie thought about it for a while and said the fastest time.

The Third Army was stationed around Chang'an, four divisions were responsible for four directions, and one division was in reserve, and it would take a certain amount of time to inform them all.

But there was no need to notify everyone at the same time, just send the decree to the headquarters of the Third Army, and they would immediately arrange for the first batch of troops to set off first.

Even so, the time to deliver the decree, plus the notification of the troops to assemble and prepare the necessary war materials, will take nearly an hour to arrive at the station, which is the number of deaths, and it is unlikely that there will be much change.

"Okay, Zhijie, you go to the Third Army to negotiate immediately, if you need to bring someone, let someone notify you as soon as possible, Zhang Shangshu and Yan Shangshu arrange manpower as soon as possible, and we will meet at the station in half an hour." The old man at the station went to coordinate. Fang Xuanling immediately made a detailed task assignment.

The staff said that there were people in the palace, and as long as they were sure who to let go, they could send someone to inform them at the same time, and in order to save time, they could even be asked to assemble at the station immediately.

Their speed will inevitably be faster than that of the army, thinking of this, he ordered Cheng Zhijie again: "Zhijie, you let the Third Army go to the station first in half an hour, and then set off with us first." ”

Cheng Zhijie nodded.

There is no time to waste on them, a train, under normal circumstances, the standard configuration is about 1,000 people, if you sit more, it will be about 1500 or 600 people, and if you have more, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even move.

A battalion is in its early thousands, and with the addition of their yamen people, the first train is basically full.

And the worst thing is that it is not early, and in about half an hour, it will be dark.

Fang Xuanling thought about it for a while, told Ma Wu a few names, and asked them to take some people directly to the station to wait, and then he went straight to the Railway Transportation Administration.

Ma Wu didn't feel that he shouldn't help Fang Xuanling notify people, the incident was urgent, and no one had extra time to waste, Ma Wu nodded, and directly wrote a note, asking a forbidden army to take it to Zhongshu Province to notify people.

What? Work?

9 to 5?

Inexistent......

Datang's working hours are to start work half an hour after dawn and leave work a quarter of an hour after sunset, with a break in between.

There are no fixed working hours, everything depends on the sky, and rainy days have the view of rainy days.

At this time, the officials should be preparing to leave work, but there is still less than a quarter of an hour before leaving.

Subsequently, Cheng Zhijie also said two people, entrusted Ma Wu to send someone to inform, and then left in the direction of the outside of the city, he was going to the military headquarters of the Third Army.

Zhang Xingcheng and Yan Lide naturally didn't have to entrust Ma Wu, said goodbye, and said that after meeting at the station in half an hour, the two went straight to their yamen and went to order people in person.

And the busiest is Zhang Xingcheng, there are too many people involved in this case, and the investigation of the case is the responsibility of the criminal department, so it is almost foreseeable that most of the work this time will be taken care of by the criminal department.

Therefore, Zhang Xingcheng moved out almost one-third of the personnel of the Criminal Department in one go, but even so, he still felt that it was not enough.

So he wrote another note and asked the officials of the Criminal Department who stayed behind to immediately go to the surrounding counties to transfer manpower and follow the follow-up troops to Xingyang.