readx; In the military camp tent in the outer city of Qin Wangzhuang, Zhu Youzhen met with the leaders of the Qin army. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info these people are the backbone of the army, but because they are only a militia in name, their identities are also regimental bravery, so they have no position, let alone a distinction between high and low ranks.

In the past, the strength of the Qin soldiers was very small, and Zhu Youzhen did not care about considering the establishment issue. Now the total strength of the Qin soldiers has reached tens of thousands, and it will be further expanded. Therefore, the issue of establishment has reached the point where it is indispensable to solve it, otherwise it will have a direct impact on combat effectiveness.

Before solving the problem of establishment, Zhu Youzhen also discussed with Sun Chuanting the existing establishment of the Ming army. The result was a great disappointment for him, because the status quo is one word: chaos!

On the whole, the Ming army was divided into two systems: the border army and the guard station. The border army is Liaodong, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Datong, Taiyuan, Yansui, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Gansu these nine border towns, the military commander here is the chief military officer, referred to as the general army.

The general army has great responsibilities and powers, and can arbitrarily organize his subordinates according to the needs of the war. The establishment of the nine towns is different, and it is simply arbitrary, and it can be said that the general army basically cannot be changed, and once it is replaced, it will be chaotic. Over time, semi-warlords like Li Chengliang and Zu Dashou appeared.

And even if the border armies on the nine sides rushed to the same battlefield to fight on the same battlefield under the order, they only obeyed the orders of their own commanders, and each fought its own battle, and there was no coordination at all. That's why there will be a situation where Man Gui and Zu Dashou have a bad relationship. Unless the supreme commander "Inspector" comes forward, no one will obey anyone. It's no wonder that such a force is not broken by each one!

The guard post is completely different from the border army, and can be regarded as the local garrison troops of the Ming army stationed in various places. According to the system of the early Ming Dynasty, every state government must have one, and several governments together have a guard, and the relationship between the guard and the office is the relationship between the upper and lower levels. set up a commander of the guard, commanding 5,600 troops; There are 1,000 households under the guard, and the commander is 1,120 people, and the commander is 1,000 households; There are 100 households under 1,000 households, and the commander is 112 people, and the commander is 100 households. Within 100 households, 50 people are a general flag, and there are five small flags under a general flag, and the chief is the flag chief.

In general, the system of guards is to distribute the forces evenly according to the territory under their jurisdiction. Of course, this is not unavoidable in the era of cold weapons with single arms and simple means of warfare, as well as in peacetime. But now it is a troubled era, a military household system exists in name only, the phenomenon of empty salaries in each guard is very serious, and the number of troops is generally less than 40% of the quota; Second, in the face of the murderous Jurchen and Mongol cavalry, as well as the erratic thieves who came and went like the wind, the Ming army with the guard as the unit was obviously powerless.

In addition, there are three major battalions of the Beijing Division, namely the so-called Fifth Army Battalion, the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion, each with a capacity of 50,000. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this was the pro-army of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and its combat effectiveness was the strongest. However, in the first battle of Tumubao, the three major battalions were completely annihilated, and although they were later reorganized, they gradually ceased to undertake field tasks, and were transferred to the garrison of the Beijing Division, and their combat effectiveness plummeted. And there is also a serious shortage of personnel, in fact, there are only 70,000 or 80,000 people.

Finally, there are "pro-army twenty-six guards", such as Xiaoling Wei, Jinyi Wei, Tengxiang Right Guard, Qin Wangwei and so on. These "guards" are called armies, but in fact they are not carrying out combat missions, and they cannot really go to the battlefield.

Of course, because of the rampant thieves, the officials and soldiers were overwhelmed, and "people's armies" appeared, such as the Qin soldiers and the Tianxiong army. The formation of these units is even more chaotic, or even non-existent.

Although the imperial court nominally had the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, which was responsible for the dispatch of troops throughout the country, the real power was controlled by the eunuchs in various places. How can these eunuchs understand military affairs, basically whoever has a good relationship with him, he will let whoever is promoted to be the main general, and even mess up the Ming army, which is already low in combat effectiveness. The troops with real combat effectiveness are basically out of control, like the Liaodong Border Army, which is now about to become Zu Dashou's private soldiers.

After learning about the current situation of the Ming army's structure, Zhu Youzhen soberly realized that if the Ming army still followed this system, it would be impossible to realize the modern war model of multi-arms coordinated operations, nor would it be possible to give full play to the might of the Qin soldiers. Therefore, he was determined to carry out an overall reorganization of the Qin soldiers in accordance with the way the modern army was organized. Because Xie Sheng's troops were stationed in Qinwangzhuang and under the banner of the militia group, they became the first one to be reorganized by Zhu Youzhen.

After the leaders gave Zhu Youzhen a salute, Zhu Youzhen said straight to the point: "I am calling you today to reorganize the militia and form a new-style army. This army is organized according to the general 'three-three system,' that is, a unit at the higher level has three units at the lower level, and the unit at the lower level has three units at the lower level.

"Specifically, the lowest unit is a squad, with one squad leader and nine fighters in each squad, and the standard system is ten. Three squads are a platoon, and three platoons are a company. A company of about a hundred people. Three companies are a battalion, three battalions are a regiment, and a regiment is about a thousand people. We now have a total of 3,000 men, and if we form a higher-level division, the number is too small, so it is better to form a reinforced regiment with eight battalions. ”

"Your Highness, why do you want to implement the 'three-three system'?" Chen Wuwa asked curiously, "Why not 'two-two' or 'four-four' or 'five-five'?" ”

"A good question, it means that you are willing to use your brain!" Zhu Youzhen first affirmed Chen Wuwa's courage to ask questions, and then patiently explained, "The smallest and most basic combat unit is three people. These three people can form a corner and support each other. In the case of a large number of troops, we often arrange one main attack, one auxiliary attack, and the remaining one as a reserve, which also happens to be three. Therefore, the 'three-three system' is more convenient for the troops' operations. But this is not absolute, like our reinforced regiment, we have to set up eight battalions. Each battalion has its own operational characteristics, and it is easy to deploy when it is in battle. ”

After hearing this, the generals suddenly realized that they all admired the military quality and careful arrangement of this prince. In fact, Zhu Youzhen is not a soldier, but he has read some military books in his previous life, and he has a ready-made system that can be directly copied.

Next, Zhu Youzhen announced that the number of this regiment would be set as the first regiment of Qin soldiers. Of course, the number is only internal, and it is still called the militia group externally, so as not to be too ostentatious. As for the meaning of the number, Zhu Youzhen also explained it to everyone. With the number, in addition to being more convenient for the deployment of troops, once the set is disrupted on the battlefield, especially if the military commander is killed or has lost contact, the troops can also be quickly collected and resettled according to the number of the troops.

All the generals were extremely excited to receive the title of "First Regiment", because the title of "First" has more symbolic meanings. Zhu Youzhen also took the opportunity to cheer them on: "I hope you will not live up to the glorious name of the 'First Regiment', and strive to be the first in everything and everywhere!" ”