In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Chen Di sat in the lobby. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the lobby, sat Tang Shunzhi, the new secretary of the military department, Yu Dayou, the left governor of the Five Armies, and Qi Jiguang, the right governor.

Qi Jiguang was wounded more than ten times in the battle with the Tatars, and Yu Dayou pulled him out of the pile of dead. Fortunately, most of those injuries were flesh wounds and were not tightened. Now Qi Jiguang's injury has been healed by more than half.

Chen Di said: "Teacher, eldest brother, second brother, there are no outsiders today. I'll tell you the truth, I plan to expand the Flying Tiger Army by another 9,000 people, and make up the number of 10,000! ”

Yu Dayou said: "It has long been changed and expanded!" Instead of holding silver to raise those waste-like guards, the imperial court should seriously expand and expand our Flying Tiger Army! ”

Tang Shunzhi answered: "Governor Dadu, on the roster of the Ministry of War, there are no less than 700,000 guards in the two capitals and 13 provinces!" Can they all be abolished as they did in Zhejiang? ”

Chen Di didn't want to dismantle those straw bag guards, but he and Yan Song had just taken control of the court, and it was not time to dismantle the guards at this time!

Chen Di said to Tang Shunzhi: "Sooner or later, the Weisuo Army will be dismantled!" But now is not the time! Expand the Flying Tiger Army first, and then dismantle the Guards' Army, this order must not be chaotic! ”

Tang Shunzhi said: "I listen to the governor." You say, how to expand the army? ”

Chen Di replied, "I plan to recruit soldiers on the spot near Gyeonggi. The monthly salary is excellent, and the Flying Tiger Army has a reputation for being good at fighting, and I believe that the young people near Gyeonggi will definitely sign up! Teacher, you are responsible for the recruitment! The standard of recruitment is the same as that of recruiting the old flying tigers in Yiwu, three moves, seven no moves! ”

Tang Shunzhi arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely recruit a group of good soldiers!" ”

Yu Dayou said: "Governor Dadu, no, third brother, you plan to recruit the Flying Tiger Army to 10,000 people, but can you get so many tiger crossbows and leech crossbows?" ”

Chen Di replied: "The Tiger Mighty Gun and the Leech Organ Crossbow have each been newly built in the office!" After the number of personnel is full, if there is not enough ordnance, this batch of new ordnance will be used for training in turn! The matter of training will be handed over to you, Brother Yu! ”

Yu Dayou hugged his fists and said: "Don't worry! When it comes to military training, our old Yu is an expert! ”

Chen Di nodded: "In addition, today I want to discuss with you the matter of reforming the military system of the Flying Tiger Army!" ”

Tang Shunzhi asked: "How to change?" ”

Chen Di said: "The Flying Tiger Army is different from the ordinary Ming Army, and the military system naturally cannot be the same as the ordinary Ming Army. When the 10,000-strong post is filled, I intend to change it to a divisional establishment. 10,000 people for a division. Under the division, there are three artillery brigades and one artillery regiment. Three thousand people per brigade and a thousand people in the artillery regiment. Each brigade consists of three regiments, each with a thousand men. Below the regimental level were battalions, each with 300 men. There are companies below the battalion, with 100 men per company. There are platoons below the company, with 30 people in each platoon. There are more than 10 people in each class! ”

Chen Di used the "three-three system" of a certain army in later generations to the Flying Tiger Army.

Tang Shunzhi interjected: "This kind of military system is unheard of. Governor, you continue. ”

Chen Di said again: "The Flying Tiger Army has a marshal, who is the supreme commander of the Flying Tiger Army. He is a military attaché of the first grade. This first marshal of the Flying Tiger Army will be filled by Brother Yu! There is a chief of staff to assist the marshal in commanding, and he is a military attaché from the first rank. The first Chief of Staff was served by Mr. Tang. Next, each division has a division commander, who is a military attache of the second grade. The commander of the first division of our Flying Tiger Army will be served by Second Brother Qi! Each brigade has a brigade commander, who is a military attache of the third grade. Each regiment has a regimental commander, who is a military attache of the fourth grade. Each battalion has a battalion commander, who is a military attache of the fifth grade. Each company has a company commander, who is a military attache of the sixth grade. Each platoon has a platoon commander, who is a military attache of the seventh rank. Each squad has a squad leader, and the post is from the eight-rank military attaché! ”

The Left Governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies concurrently served as the Marshal of the Flying Tiger Army, the Secretary of the Military Department concurrently served as the Chief of Staff of the Flying Tiger Army, and the Right Governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies concurrently served as the commander of the First Division of the Flying Tiger Army. The status of the Flying Tiger Army is naturally much higher than that of other Ming armies!

Tang Shunzhi said: "The old military system of the Ming Dynasty, 100 presidents leading 100 talents is a positive seven products." The Metropolitan Governor said that the company commander of the Flying Tiger Army also commanded a hundred people, and it was the sixth grade. From this point of view, the rank of the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army is a cut higher than that of the ordinary Ming army. Can those in the ministry agree? ”

Chen Di said: "I'll go and say hello to the officials." ”

According to Chen Di's plan, after the expansion of the Flying Tiger Army, the Guard Army should be gradually eliminated. When all the guards in the two capitals and 13 provinces have been eliminated, he will abolish the old military attache rank system and change it to the modern system of generals, colonels, lieutenants, and non-commissioned officers.

After talking about the military system, Chen Di shifted the topic to military uniforms.

Chen Di said: "The old-style military uniforms of our Ming army are heavily armored by elite soldiers. The Flying Tigers are all equipped with firearms, and the military uniform should be different from the old army in hand-to-hand combat! I plan to abandon all the armor of the Flying Tigers and wear all cloth uniforms. ”

Chen Di handed a few pieces of paper to Tang Shunzhi, Yu Dayou, and Qi Jiguang. On the paper, Chen Di drew the style of the new military uniform. The new uniforms of the Flying Tigers are similar to the uniforms of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Yu Dayou said: "This military uniform is fresh. But abandon the armor, this 。。。。。。 ”

Chen Di said: "What a pure firearms army needs is a high degree of mobility. The armor is too bulky and will reduce the mobility of the army. ”

Yu Dayou was puzzled: "Mobility? What's that? ”

Tang Shunzhi heard the door: "The Metropolitan Governor said the word 'fast', right?" Abandon the armor for the sake of 'speed'. This 'fast' includes fast marching, fast formation, and fast attack! ”

Chen Di said: "The teacher is right, it's these three fast!" ”

Qi Jiguang said: "Governor, there is something that has been held in my heart for a long time, and I don't vomit or feel unhappy. ”

Chen Di said: "Third Brother Qi, but it's okay to talk about it!" ”

Qi Jiguang said: "Why not build a strong cavalry? With the current strength of our Flying Tiger Army, if we can add a powerful cavalry that quickly assaults, it will be invincible in the world! ”

How could Chen Di not know the importance of cavalry? The three-plate axe of the army in the era of line infantry was artillery bombardment, cavalry chopping, and infantry pushing. But Chen Di suffers from the lack of excellent cavalry generals in his hands!

Chen Di suddenly thought of a person, this person was the best cavalry general in the late Jiajing Dynasty - Li Chengliang!

Li Chengliang should be two years older than Qi Jiguang at this time.

Tang Shunzhi said: "What General Qi said is extremely true, in the past, we suffered from not having a decent war horse. But now that the horse market has been opened with Tatar, you can buy excellent war horses from Tatar! It is not impossible to build a strong cavalry! ”

Chen Di said: "Teacher Tang, you are now the secretary of the military department. You immediately help me find a person named Li Chengliang on the roster of the military department! ”

Tang Shunzhi: "Li Chengliang? Why does this name sound so familiar? Come to think of it! This time, the Datong Guard was broken by the Tatars, which led to the Tatars' long drive. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs jointly convicted a group of generals of Datongwei. Among them, there was a cavalry guerrilla named Li Chengliang, who was condemned by our military department and the criminal department for being afraid of war and losing his land, and he was going to be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market at noon today! ”