Chapter 214 Six Military Regions

As far as I am concerned, the most familiar military establishment is naturally the establishment of the People's Liberation Army that I know, such as the seven military regions, the navy, the army and the air force, political commissar instructors, and the formation of squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, and divisions.

"Xiangfu, I will first talk about my plan, from the perspective of the imperial court, I intend to establish a military affairs yuan, like the newly established government affairs yuan, in the future will be responsible for the military affairs of our dynasty, and gradually replace the functions of the Privy Council and the military department, in terms of the army, I plan to divide the entire army (including the horse army) into six military regions in the early stage, namely the Chengdu Military Region, Xiangyang Military Region, Luzhou Military Region, Yangzhou Military Region, Guangnan Military Region in the south and Lin'an Military Region in Beijing, of which Chengdu, Xiangyang, The three major military regions of Yangzhou were mainly formed from the existing town border troops in various theaters, the Luzhou Military Region was composed of the local town border army and the 20,000 forbidden troops brought by Xia Gui, while the two major military regions of Guangnan and Lin'an needed to be reorganized, and the main source of their soldiers and horses was the forbidden army in Beijing. ”

"Your Majesty, what is the difference between the meaning of this military region and the original war zone and the festival envoys of the previous dynasty."

"The military region I am talking about is a military organization set up in accordance with the administrative division, geographical location, strategic campaign direction, combat mission, etc., directly under the leadership of the Military Affairs Yuan of the imperial court, it is mainly responsible for formulating plans for the construction of troops in the theater, organizing and directing the joint operations of the horse infantry and bow arms in the theater, and implementing joint logistics support, etc., the military region has a general headquarters, a logistics department, an equipment department, etc., in wartime, the meaning of the military region and the theater is basically the same, and even in special periods, the commander of the military region can concurrently serve as the local system and the envoy. This is not much different from the festival of the previous dynasty, just like Yangzhou under Li Aiqing, isn't it also a combination of military and government. ”

Li Tingzhi's heart suddenly became nervous, and a few drops of cold sweat broke out on his forehead and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has written to the Privy Council several times, hoping that the imperial court will send an envoy to the Huainan East Road as soon as possible to control local government affairs, and the minister can also concentrate on military affairs." ”

The governor of the Song Dynasty no longer has military power like the Tang Dynasty, so there will be no loss of control of the local court in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty has been three hundred years, there are very few military coups that subvert the surname or local warlords to attack the imperial court, to the Southern Song Dynasty, the situation began to change, many generals in the hands of a large number of troops, such as Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, etc., although it is created by current events, but obviously contrary to the purpose of Taizu's "cup of wine to release military power", Qin Hui grasped the mind of Emperor Gaozong, This is why Emperor Gaozong took back the military power and Yue Fei became a victim.

In the period of Lizong, the rise of the more powerful Mongolia, the imperial court had to give the foreign generals a certain right to dispose of cheaply, such as the Marshal Meng Hui of the year, the current Yangzhou system envoy Li Tingzhi, Xiangyang pacification envoy Lu Wende and others, they are all military and political integration, and the power is no less than that of the Tang Dynasty Jiedu envoys, but these generals have always been worried in their hearts, everyone knows the surname of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, even if Yue Fei, who has a high merit, will kill him, not to mention himself,

I can also feel Li Tingzhi's uneasiness: "Xiangfu, don't be nervous, I have also seen your performance, I stopped it, I said that in special times, special places, special methods can be used." ”

"Yes, thank you for your grace." When Li Tingzhi heard what I meant, he said with a little relief, "Your Majesty, the Lin'an Military Region is to defend the capital, but I don't know why the Guangnan Military Region is to be established. ”

"Li Aiqing, you are not an outsider, I will tell you directly, the establishment of the Guangnan Military Region is for the land of the former Dali, and the second is for Annan, this is a later story, not to mention it for the time being."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister understands that if you follow Your Majesty's plan, then the only difficulty is the forbidden army and Jia Taishi in Beijing, there are 100,000 forbidden troops in Beijing, Xia Jiangang takes away 5,000, Xia Gui takes 20,000, 25,000 men and horses Your Majesty can use the reason of army restructuring to keep them in the local area, and the remaining 70,000 people and Lu Wende's Xiangfan army need to be handled carefully."

"Well, Xiangfu, this is the main reason why I asked you to discuss, Junshi made a suggestion to let the border army and the forbidden army exchange half, so that Jia Yidao's control over the forbidden army can be reduced, Xiangfu, what do you think."

Although I see that Jia Yidao will not rebel, I am not sure that history will change, after all, the dog will jump over the wall if he is in a hurry, not to mention that I hope that the military restructuring can be carried out peacefully to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

Li Tingzhi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate. ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, the border army and the forbidden army are exchanged, not to mention the excessive consumption, the reduction of the army has not been fully completed, the restructuring of the forbidden army is too large and easy to cause the prevention of the Taishi, the minister suggests that Your Majesty should not be too hasty, when it is carried out gradually, the minister thinks, first implement the military region system, in the name of forming the Guangnan Military Region to transfer 10,000 forbidden troops to the south, the remaining 60,000 forbidden troops are reorganized and belong to the Lin'an Military Region, and the next step is to reorganize the Imperial Forest Army, and transfer the elite troops in the Lin'an Military Region into the Imperial Forest Army, so that one to twenty thousand original forbidden troops can be divided, of course, At the same time, it is also necessary to expand the recruitment of people in the Lin'an Military Region, at this time, His Majesty can include reliable generals, so that the original forbidden army system can be eaten and diluted step by step, and the words of the monarch, the minister thinks that it can be implemented in a small area, in the name of training the forbidden army, it will be exchanged with the Yangzhou border army and the Luzhou border army in batches, so it will be more stable. ”

Li Tingzhi studied under the defensive master Meng Hui, and his surname is also based on stability, not as radical as the young Lu Xiufu.

"Your Majesty." Li Tingzhi saw that I was silent and continued, "Although it is imperative for our dynasty to reform its army, Mongolia is eyeing it outside, and if it moves too quickly and causes civil strife, I am afraid that it will be given an opportunity." ”

Although Li Tingzhi's plan has slowed down, it is more detailed and safe, in comparison, I may be too impatient, a Luzhou war made me anxious to change something, it seems that I am still not mature enough,

I retracted my thoughts and said, "What Xiangfu said is also very reasonable, Song Rui, what do you think." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with Lord Li's intentions, Your Majesty should focus on the restructuring of the naval division, and after the restructuring of the naval division is completed, you can be more confident, and you can also be clear about the problems encountered in the restructuring of the army, so it may be better."

"Well, if I think about this matter again, the Imperial Forest Army that Xiangfu said can try first, Xiangfu, I plan to establish a military university, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, this is very good, the minister is very much in favor, most of the generals of our dynasty are in the battle to accumulate experience on their own, if you guide, so that the generals of my dynasty can learn from each other, will be able to get twice the result with half the effort, Marshal Meng Heng also mentioned that if the war is over, I would like to open a school, summarize the war experience of my life, and pass it on to the next generation, in order to protect the foundation of my dynasty for ten thousand years, after the opening of His Majesty's military university, the minister hopes to send my Yangzhou generals to the university for rotation."

"Of course this is no problem, Xiangfu, what do you think of Zhang Shijie."

"Your Majesty, this person is a loyal and upright person, a righteous person, and among the soldiers he brings, he is quite prestigious, but his surname is stubborn, and the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes is strong."

"Xiangfu, this person is from the north, and he has the straightforward surname of the northerners, you are good to guide you to see if it is a talent that can be created, and I also asked Junshi to send a letter and ask him to learn from you how to lead soldiers."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"I will carefully consider the general direction of the reform of the army, and in addition, regarding the four-level command structure implemented by our army, Xiangfu feels that there is no problem in actual combat."

"Your Majesty, our army is advancing with five, five people set up a captain, 100 people are the capital, five are battalions, five battalions are armies, and five armies are compartments, each compartment has about 12,500 soldiers, plus generals at all levels, marching senators, etc., about 14,000 to 15,000 people, so the establishment is quite reasonable and more practical."

Originally, I also planned to promote the squad, company, and regimental structure of the People's Liberation Army in the future, but listening to Li Tingzhi's words, there seems to be no problem with the current army structure, so I will not mention it for the time being.

"Well, then basically maintain the current establishment, however, I need to make a few changes, one is to let the army of the DPRK have to allocate medical officers and nurses, Ma Bujun has a medical officer for each army, each army needs to build a small mobile medical center, and each military needs to set up a large mobile medical center, and each military region needs to have a resident medical center, Song Rui, Junshi, this matter is up to you to coordinate, transfer people from the imperial doctors as professors, train medical officers, and also let each army send people to Beijing to study, and the medical officers at the capital level need to learn ordinary wound disinfection and bandaging, Simple first aid measures and simple treatment techniques to prolong the life of the injured so that they can wait as safely as possible for the medical officer to be treated, Wen Zhang's Youth Health has such medical officers and medical officers, as you all know. ”

"Yes, Your Lordship."

"The second point is to improve the marching senatorial system, all our army, from the capital level, must set up a senate, that is, the full implementation of the capital senatory, battalion senatory, military senatory, and compartmental senatory, its main function is to assist the positive and negative commanders in formulating battle plans, and is responsible for communicating with the non-commissioned officers to ensure the combat appearance of the soldiers, and its detailed functions will be drafted afterwards and submitted to the military department and the Privy Council for discussion and implementation, and this and the first point need to be completed within two years."

"The third point is to strengthen the building of the army's intelligence departments, and all the formations above the battalion level need to allocate intelligence teams (including detailed work) in a certain proportion to ensure the smooth flow of intelligence in the troops, and the contingents with the conditions can also set up special forces, the purpose of which is to accomplish certain special tasks or play a role in reversing the situation at critical times."

"The fourth is only for the musketeers of your Yangzhou army, for the establishment of musketeers, I plan to make a slight change, 100 people are the capital, this point remains the same, the five are battalions to three battalions, three battalions are a regiment, three regiments are armies, three armies are boxes, and other configurations are the same." I try to target the musketeers according to the establishment of later generations, and I don't know why, but I know that the establishment of later generations must be more scientific than in ancient times.

"The above three points will be discussed with the Privy Council and the Ministry of War before the end of this month to work out the specific implementation rules, and the fourth point will only be implemented by you Xiangfu."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Xiangfu, I only think about this for the reform of the army, what else do you have to add."

"Your Majesty, our army is not inferior to Mongolia in terms of numbers, in terms of combat power, it can match it in the city defense war, but it is far inferior to the other side in the field battle, there are two reasons for this, one is that the horses of our dynasty are scarce, even if it is a few horse army, it is impossible to be the enemy of the Mongolian cavalry army who grew up on horseback, and the second is that the overall quality of our army is weaker than that of the other party, including physical fitness, but also psychological quality, and the training method set by Your Majesty can gradually improve the quality of our soldiers and the skills of joint attack, combat skills, etcThis is very necessary, but the psychological weakness of our Korean army must be changed, otherwise when facing the Mongols, the confidence will always be insufficient, and it will not be possible to talk about victory. ”

"Well, as the saying goes, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the courage of our army is indeed weaker than that of Mongolia, which causes that when the situation is evenly matched, our army will often fail to hold on first and be defeated, Xiangfu, what can you do."

I initially thought of setting up the post of political commissar in the army, but I always felt that it was nondescript, so I changed it to a marching council, the courage of the army is not formed overnight, the courage of the Mongolian army is gradually formed in countless victories, it is from the time of the invincible Genghis Khan, and it is made by thousands of foreign souls,