Chapter 206: Commanding the Seven Armies (2-in-1 Grand Chapter)

Nine thousand elite veterans, plus eight thousand veterans, that is 17,000 people, and there are more than 1,000 experienced middle and low-level officers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget, this time is different from the past, more than half a month ago, we reorganized our troops and horses in the north campus of Chengbei, and expanded 80,000 soldiers and horses with 10,000 soldiers and soldiers in the broken barracks. At that time, the situation was much worse than it is now, with a ratio of ten to one between the old and the new. But now? Although only more than half a month has passed, this half month is comparable to a year of training in an ordinary army. ”

"80,000 soldiers and horses, although these are still new soldiers, but they are all veterans who have seen blood. Liaodong City Raid, Liaodong City Ambush, Jinshan City Ambush, Buyeo Road Ambush, Buyeo City Cavalry Battle, Wuluo City Siege Battle, before and after more than a month, the battle of thousands of miles, more than tens of thousands of people in several battles, more than 100,000 people in a big war we also fought. The blood on the hands has already made these 80,000 soldiers a qualified soldier, a month ago we only had 10,000 veterans to expand the 80,000 soldiers and horses, and even the battle was victorious, is it now, we have 80,000 soldiers and horses in hand, in the expansion of 40,000 soldiers and horses to be afraid of difficulties? ”

With Chen Kefu's statement, the generals no longer said anything, and they reached an agreement on the increase in troops.

"Marshal, now we have six divisions, this is an additional 40,000 horses, will we add four divisions as usual?" Old Man Li Benlei asked directly.

As soon as the old man asked, Chen Kefu also hesitated, the establishment of divisions and regiments was to bypass the military system of the Great Sui, and to make a temporary establishment of soldiers and horses for the people. Now that there are regular soldiers and horses with an establishment, it is best to make it according to the Sui marching army establishment.

However, Chen Kefu did not understand the specific establishment of these marches, only knew that the marching establishment was not uniform, and each expedition was reorganized according to the scale of the march.

"Deputy Marshal, General Yu, Li Changshi, you are all from the Jiangmen family, and you have always been the seniors in my Great Sui Army, how do you think these 120,000 people should be more suitable for the current situation? The establishment of divisions, brigades, regiments and battalions was just an expedient measure at the beginning, and now we have room for development, and we have the official edict of His Majesty, and it is the right way to organize soldiers and horses according to the system. ”

Yu Qinming's family is a military nobleman in Guanlong, his father, his grandfather, and even his grandfather's father, grandfather's grandfather, all of whom are important generals in the army. And he himself has been in the army for more than 20 years, and he knows this military matter very well. If you ask him anything else, he may not know, but if you ask him about the establishment of the army, then he is definitely an authoritative figure.

Yu Qinming is not polite, now he has entered the Liaodong Army, the Liaodong Xing Battalion is currently newly established, and only four top positions have been appointed, and there are still a large number of military positions below that have not been appointed. At this time, it is naturally time for him to show his ability.

"Marshal, although I have just arrived in the army, but after my observation for many days, I found that the morale of our army is high, and they dare to fight and rush, and they are indeed the first-class strong soldiers of my Great Sui, although they are still a little immature, but with a little tempering, they will definitely be able to become the strongest army of my Great Sui." As soon as he came up, Yu Qinming first slapped a sycophant in an old-fashioned way.

"There is nothing wrong with the formation of the division, brigade, regiment and battalion of the marshal, when the army was first reorganized, it was all new soldiers, so the marshal separated the infantry and cavalry, but did not subdivide the archer troops, crossbowman troops, odd troops, and jumping troops, which is normal. After all, although our Great Sui soldiers and horses have always paid attention to mixed and coordinated multi-arm operations, it is somewhat unrealistic for untrained soldiers and horses to forcibly require mixed and coordinated operations in formation. Under the circumstances at that time, regardless of the type of troops, it was better to improve the combat effectiveness of soldiers and horses. ”

Chen Kefu's previous establishment only distinguished the two types of infantry and cavalry, and all the rest of the infantry were not redivided, anyway, in Chen Kefu's view, the Sui army was well-equipped, and each soldier had long weapons such as spears and rifles, as well as defensive weapons such as shields, and longbows and crossbows. So he didn't distinguish anymore, but used whatever weapon he faced with the situation.

However, in the eyes of experts like Qinming, Chen Kefu's set is a little unprofessional. Although the army of the Sui Dynasty was not that kind of professional army, the training of the Sui army was still very good, so when the Sui army marched and fought, the various arms were very carefully distinguished. There are also sets of different military formations, it can be said that the command art of the Sui army is not comparable to Chen Kefu and his half-way monks. …,

The soldiers and horses of the Great Sui are divided into the army and the water division, and the army is divided into two major arms of the infantry army and the cavalry army, and there are subdivisions in the infantry army, according to the battle grouping, it is divided into jumping soldiers, strange soldiers, archers, crossbowmen, archers, crossbowmen are easy to explain, as the name suggests, it is the infantry that fights with bows and crossbows. And the jumping soldier is the type of soldier that jumps out to fight, to put it bluntly, it is the kind of charging and trapping.

And the odd soldiers, not the odd soldiers in ambush, but in the battle, those who are good at fighting belong to the odd soldiers, and they are also mobile troops. Generally, when defending, the shields are used by surprise soldiers.

Now the heavy infantry and sword soldiers in Chen Kefu's army can be said to be able to fight and charge, and they can be divided into odd soldiers and jumping soldiers, and they can also be a separate class.

Chen Kefu's cavalry is divided into heavy cavalry and light cavalry, and regardless of heavy or light armor, they can charge and shoot on horses.

In Yu Qinming's view, today's Liaodong Army is well-equipped, and you can have whatever equipment you want, so such a unit is the most suitable for multi-arm subdivision. After all, soldiers can't all be all-rounders, just pick any one of them is a super soldier who can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, and can charge with a Mo knife in heavy infantry armor.

Then, in such a situation, the soldiers and horses should be subdivided, so that those with good shooting skills should be put forward as archers and crossbowmen, and the tall and sturdy people should wear heavy armor and wield swords. Those who are good at fighting are strange soldiers, those who are good at charging are jumping soldiers, and those who are good at riding and archery are cavalrymen, all of which are to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and do their best to maximize the combat effectiveness of all soldiers.

After thinking carefully for a long time, Yu Qinming said, "Marshal, most of the officers and soldiers in our army are veterans who have been on the battlefield and seen blood as you said. So according to this situation, we can subdivide our soldiers and horses again. I suggest that the entire Liaodong camp be divided into seven armies, namely the left front army, the left front army, the left front army, the right front army, the middle army, the left rear army, and the right rear army. Each army has seven battalions, which are divided into the left forward battalion, the right forward battalion, the left wing battalion, the right wing battalion, the middle army battalion, the left guard battalion, and the right rear guard battalion. In this way, there are 49 battalions of men and horses in the 7th Army, 4,000 men and horses in each battalion of the middle army camp, and 2,000 men and horses in each battalion of the rest of the battalions. In this way, each army has 16,000 men, plus 4,000 people in the logistics medical battalion, two battalions of the engineer battalion, and 4,000 auxiliary battalions, which is exactly 20,000 men and horses in one army. ”

"Two thousand men in each battalion, forty squads, of which 1,400 were infantry and 600 cavalry. It is divided into six teams of 300 crossbowmen, six teams of archers of 300 people, six teams of jumpers of 300 people, six teams of 300 strange soldiers, and four teams of heavy sword soldiers of 200 people. The cavalry consisted of 200 heavy cavalry and 8,400 light cavalry. ”

"The number of soldiers and horses in the barracks in each army has doubled to 4,000 men, and the number of troops in all branches has also doubled."

"In this way, the Marshal of the Liaodong Marching Army has 49 battalions of soldiers of the Seventh Army under its jurisdiction, with 112,000 people. 14 auxiliary battalions, 28,000 people, a total of 140,000 horses. 78,400 infantry and 33,600 cavalry. Among them, there are 16,800 jumping soldiers, 16,800 odd soldiers, 16,800 archers, 16,800 crossbow soldiers, and 11,200 heavily armed sword soldiers. 22,400 light cavalry and 11,200 heavy cavalry. ”

For such an establishment, Chen Kefu closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "The establishment of the 49th Battalion of General Yu's Seventh Army is very much to my liking, but in this way, the number of soldiers and horses has exceeded the standard, reaching 140,000, while we only have 122,000 people, more than 18,000 people, which is not a small number." Moreover, according to this method, the number of hoplites and hoplites among them would reach 11,200 each. Hoplites and hoplites are the trump card units in our army, and everyone understands the power of these two soldiers and horses, but their equipment and warrior requirements are too high, and now we have a total of 6,000 heavy infantry and 4,000 heavy cavalry, and we can't even answer half of the number. ”

Heavy infantry and heavy cavalry, the combat effectiveness of these two troops is very perverted, for such a force, Chen Kefu of course wants to expand, but high combat effectiveness must also be high. The armor of the two armies was quite perverted, and Chen Kefu already had 5,000 armored cavalry and 3,000 heavy infantry armor when he stayed in Liaodong. Now he still has a thousand heavy cavalry armor in his hand, but this heavy infantry armor has been out of stock, and he has been working hard to build it for more than a month, and now he has only built more than 3,000 sets of armor, just enough to gather 6,000 heavy infantry.

Moreover, the Mo knives of the heavy infantry are also a difficult matter, and the Mo knives in his hands now, including the three thousand that were transformed with the horse swords, are only six thousand. In order to expand the heavy infantry to 11,200 men, it would take all the craftsmen in the army to build the heavy infantry armor and Mo sword for two months. What's more, in order to create a first-class heavy infantry, weapons and armor alone are secondary, and the strongest and most brave warriors must be required. …,

"I think so, the hoplite Modao team and the armored cavalry heavy cavalry unit should not be all forty-nine battalions. These two powerful arms, our Seventh Army, are only deployed by the barracks in each army. As a result, there were 2,800 heavy cavalry and 2,800 heavy infantry in the seven middle battalions. The number subtracted by each battalion is exactly the same as the number approved by His Majesty. ”

In this way, except for the middle battalion, which is still 4,000 men, the rest of the battalions are equal to 1,600 men left in each battalion, 1,200 infantry, and 400 cavalry.

Everyone thinks it's a good change, but some people disagree. Guo Xiaoke of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade and Li Shimin of the Heavy Infantry Brigade stood up almost at the same time and said, "Commander, don't"

The two of them served as brigade commanders of two ace units in the Northeast Army, the Heavy Infantry Brigade and the Heavy Cavalry Brigade. Although these two units are only reserve forces on the surface, everyone knows that these two troops are the trump card descendants of the entire army.

Now Yu Qinming and Da Shuai and others have discussed and discussed, but the result is that the troops they have mastered have been divided, which makes the two of them how willing. The troops are all divided, the troops are gone, where are they going to be brigade commanders.

"Marshal, the Heavy Infantry Brigade and the Heavy Cavalry Brigade are the most elite trump card units in our hands, and this is our most combat-effective unit. Now if they are split, how can they maintain their combat effectiveness? The heavy cavalry and heavy infantry relied on that sharpness and collision force, and if they were divided into a squad of 400 people, how could they still maintain their combat effectiveness? ”

There was indeed consideration of combat effectiveness in their words, but Chen Kefu also understood that they were more selfish in their hearts. After smiling, he said, "What you said is also reasonable, the camp of the seven armies, the commander will lead the first army, and the Chinese army will be led by the commander himself." Therefore, the seven battalions of the Chinese army will no longer be in an ordinary configuration, and I intend to form a heavy cavalry battalion with a number of 4,000 in seven battalions. Two light cavalry battalions totaled 4,000 men, one heavy infantry Modao battalion with 4,000 men, one archer battalion with 2,000 men, one crossbowman battalion with 2,000 men, and one spear infantry battalion with 2,000 men. In this way, the Chinese army had eight thousand cavalry in seven battalions and 10,000 infantry. ”

The configuration of this Chinese army is definitely the most luxurious configuration, Chen Kefu leads the Chinese army, and of course he must also master the most elite trump card troops.

However, in the end, the strength of the entire camp reached 127,600 men, more than 5,600 men. And this is not counted by the people of the Marshal's Mansion Headquarters.

After the general framework of the camp was completed, the most attractive thing for the generals was the appointment of officers. As soon as the Great Liaodong Battalion is established, the Northeast Army of the past will become history. These division commanders and regiment commanders have also lost their jobs and laid off, and whether they can get a good position in the new camp is something that everyone is concerned about.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the new establishment of the Marshal's Mansion has been established, and the previous establishment will also be dissolved. The marshal marched into camp, with a group of ten people, and set up a group leader. Fifty people are a team, and the team is set up as the team leader and the team deputy. In each battalion, there are 2 regiments of archers, 2 regiments of crossbowmen, 2 regiments of strange soldiers, and 2 regiments of jumping soldiers, with three teams of 150 people in each regiment. Another 2 cavalry regiments, each regiment four teams of 200 people. Each regiment has a lieutenant and an lieutenant. ”

"Each battalion has a general manager, a deputy general manager, a Sima, a long history, and six Cao to participate in the military. Each army has a line of army commanders, a deputy commander, a Sima, a long history, and six Cao to participate in the military. ”

"Above the Seventh Army is the Marshal Mansion of the Liaodong Marching Camp, the Marshal is the Marshal of the March, General Li Benlei is the Deputy Marshal, Mao Xi is the Marshal of the March, and Li Jie is the Chief of the March. It has jurisdiction over the General Staff Department, the Special Service Department, the Investigation Department, the Police Department, the Military Police Department, the Military Police Department, the Broken Army Lecture Hall, the Marshal's Office Guard Battalion, the Communications Battalion, and the Reconnaissance Battalion. A total of three battalions and five divisions. ”

The commander of the group, the captain of the team, the captain of the school, the chief of the march, the chief of the march, the marshal of the march, the officer establishment of the entire army was several levels less. The brigade commander of the hundred-man unit is gone, and the prefectural-level Lang with a thousand-man establishment is gone. The entire army, from the marshal to the commander, was only six ranks.

Yu Qinming has no opinion on such an establishment, in fact, in the marching establishment of the Sui army, even the rank of captain was simply omitted. In the Great Sui marching system, the basic unit was based on the team, and when the large army corps of each army was in command, it was directly commanded to the team.

"The marshal really knows the art of war and the military system, and he is indeed clever." Yu Qinming and other veterans who were a little embarrassed patted their ass.

Once the frame is up, the next one will be easy, but just fill it directly by pressing the frame. The left front army is the expansion and formation of Mao Yi's first division, and the army flag is the wolf. The right front army was expanded and formed by Hu's third division, and the army flag was Qinglong. The Left Wing Army was expanded by Lu Shishen's Second Division, and the military flag flew bears. The Right Wing Army was expanded by Chen Gui's Sixth Division, and the military flag was Suzaku. The Chinese army was led by Chen Kefu himself, and was expanded and formed with heavy infantry brigades and heavy cavalry brigades, independent light cavalry regiments, and reconnaissance regiments of the former headquarters, and the military flag was the golden lion flag. The Left Rear Army was expanded by Liu Tiezhu's Fifth Division, and the military banner was Xuanwu. The right rear army was expanded by Zhang He's fourth division, and the army flag was White Tiger. …,

In addition to Chen Kefu's 22,000 Chinese troops, the other six armies have 17,600 men each. 49 battalions, 594 regiments, 1992 teams of the whole army. In the Sui Dynasty, an era when the central dynasty had very strict control over military power, Chen Kefu firmly held such an army, which can be said to be very rare. Of course, the Sui Dynasty had already begun to decline, and it became easier and easier for the noble generals to control the soldiers and horses.

The commanders of the Seventh Army have not changed much, and the original commanders of each division have been transformed into marching commanders of various armies, deputy division commanders have become deputy commanders, and chief of staff has become marching Sima, and a marching commander history has been added. As for the Chinese army led by Chen Kefu himself, he personally served as the head of the march of the Chinese army, Chen Qing served as the deputy head of the march, Yu Qinming served as the marching Sima, and Lu Qian, who had just arrived in Chenjiazhuang, was the chief of the march, and Lu Qian, who was over 50 years old, was once the left guard of the East Palace of the Southern Dynasty.

Li Shimin was somewhat disappointed to serve as the commander of the heavy infantry battalion of the seventh battalion of the Chinese army, Guo Xiaoke was the commander of the heavy cavalry battalion, and Li Chengyi and Luo Lin served as the commanders of the two light cavalry battalions respectively. Zhang Jin was promoted several levels in a row, and was directly promoted to the head of the guard battalion of the Marshal's Mansion.

Although the soldiers and horses still have to wait for the next time to be recruited, all the officers of the entire Seventh Army do not have to wait for the back, and are directly appointed to the team leader and deputy at the first level in the military council hall. As for the battalion commander level, it is not a product anyway, and it will be appointed by the commanders of each battalion after they go back.

The marching marshal is one product, the marching chief of each army is from the third grade, the battalion commander is the fourth grade, the regimental captain is the sixth grade, and the team is the ninth grade. There are three or four thousand officers of the ninth rank and above, and there are so many officers that they don't even have time to engrave the officers' seals, so Chen Kefu directly found a lot of documents to copy the letters of appointment, and then asked Zhang, the newly appointed head of the guard battalion, to take his handsome seal and seal thousands of letters of appointment one by one.

All the original temporary military titles were cancelled, but Chen Kefu did not cancel the military rank system. Although this thing seems simple, after being hung up, it can not only motivate the soldiers and facilitate unified command, but it is also very useful.

After the new establishment, the marshal is the general, the deputy marshal, the marching Sima, and the marching commander Shi are lieutenant generals, the marching commanders of each army are major generals, and the deputy marshal, Sima, and Changshi are brigadier generals. The battalion commander is the colonel, the deputy commander, Sima, and Changshi are the lieutenant colonels. The lieutenants of each regiment are majors, and the regimental lieutenants, Sima, and Changshi are captains. Each team is a lieutenant and a deputy is a second lieutenant. The captain is still a sergeant, and the deputy is a sergeant. The big soldiers below are the corporals, the privates, and the privates.

As the ace battalion commander of the Chinese army and the confidant of the marshal Chen Kefu, although Li Shimin and Guo Xiaoke are still the battalion commanders, their military ranks have been promoted by one level, and the two have been promoted from colonel to brigadier general.

After almost four hours of the establishment of the camp and the granting of the military rank of the camp, the entire Liaodong Marching Marshal's Mansion was officially established. The whole army had nearly 130,000 horses, thousands of officers had all arrived, and every position was quickly filled.

After everyone had a cold meeting again, Chen Kefu coughed a few times, attracting everyone's attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Liaodong camp has been established, and the appointment of officers at all levels has been completed, and this is the first item on the agenda of today's military discussion. Next, there is another very urgent thing to tell you, Manager Zhang, send the information sent back by the Secret Service Department to everyone to see. ”

Zhang Jin got up and picked up a brocade box from the table next to Chen Kefu, walked down the hall and handed out one to each battalion commander and above.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the latest and most classified information that the brothers of the Secret Service sent back from Pyongyang only a few hours ago. After reading it, you must not spread it outside this military chamber, and those who violate the order will be punished for the crime of leaking military aircraft."

Hearing Chen Kefu's serious warning, all the generals couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. If the information was sent back from Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, and was explained by the commander, this information is absolutely very important.

For this mysterious secret service, the generals were also impressed, and they were able to get important information back from the enemy's capital so quickly. In the current reorganization of the camp, most of the establishments have changed, but in the past, the mysterious headquarters directly under the four divisions, the secret service department, the investigation department, the police department, and the gendarmerie department have not changed at all. As a result, everyone knows how important these mysterious departments are. …,

When Yu Qinming was first rescued, he had also undergone a detailed investigation by the Investigation Division, but it was the first time he had heard of this secret service. At this time, I realized that this special service department was a military intelligence and espionage agency. I can't help but have a deeper understanding of Chen Kefu's methods.

"Operational codename: 'Rangers'. The goal of the first stage is to recruit 50,000 trained veterans from the mountain cities of Pyongyang, Seoul, Naeseong, Wugucheng, and Beisha within three months, and recruit 50,000 private soldiers from various noble lords in the eastern and southern parts of the kingdom, and 50,000 slaves and 50,000 young and strong men in the southern part of the kingdom to form the Northern Expeditionary Army. The combat goal is to recapture the two strategic fortresses of Liaodong City and Xincheng on the front line of the Liao River. Annihilated 10,000 Sui troops and 400,000 people in Liaodong City, and completely recaptured all the territory east of Liaodong. ”

"The battle plan is to mobilize a total of 150,000 troops, including 30,000 cavalry soldiers and 120,000 infantry. The kingdom general Yizhi Wende is the main commander, and Wang Gao Jianwu is the deputy commander. The army was divided into three troops, with Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu unifying the 10,000 cavalry as the vanguard, starting directly from Wugu City, bypassing Liaodong City after crossing the Daliang River, and penetrating directly into the Liaoshui River, completely cutting off the Sui army's retreat to the Central Plains. ”

"The eastern lord and the big pair of Lu Yuanziyou's third Ziyuan water purification rate of 10,000 cavalry set off from the domestic city, and after crossing the Daliang water, they went north to Fuyu Road, responsible for converging the Yuan Taizuo soldiers and horses, and went from the north to the south to directly surround the new city."

"After the vanguard Gao Jianwu cut off the retreat of the Sui army from the Liaohe River and Yuanziyou besieged the new city, the 130,000 troops of the Marshal Yizhi Wende Xintong directly crossed the Daliang River, and then crossed the Xiaoliao River, and the army besieged Liaodong City. Before the arrival of winter, the 130,000-strong army took Liaodong City, annihilated the defenders in the city, and captured all the Sui Dynasty people. If the war goes well, the third phase of the rangers' strategic offensive will be launched before winter, and the army will cross the Liao River, recapture the three towns of Huaiyuan, Luhe, and Tongding, which were taken by the Sui army during the second attack on Liao, and re-establish a strong stronghold defense line on the west bank of the Liao River. ”

The entire military conference room was silent, and it didn't take long for more than 300 generals to have finished circulating this top-secret battle plan. At a glance, it can be seen that this is the Goguryeo battle plan stolen by the brothers of the secret service.

With such a top-secret battle plan, all the generals were a little surprised that the Secret Service Division could actually come up with it.

"Dashuai, is this information true?". Deputy Marshal Li Benlei said with some hesitation.

If this information is true, then they will soon face an army of 150,000 under the joint command of the famous Goguryeo generals Ulji Wende and Gao Jianwu. This is absolutely amazing intelligence, it is hard to believe.

Chen Kefu said in a deep voice, "This information is true, for this information, the eighteen brothers of the Pyongyang Special Service of the Secret Service Department of the Secret Service Department sacrificed their lives for the country and seriously injured three people, so they sent back this information that was hard to get their hands on." This is information stained with the blood of our Secret Service brothers, and it is very important to us. I propose that all stand and observe a moment of silence in memory of the thirteen Secret Service brothers who have fallen in battle. ”

After speaking, he stood up with his head bowed and stood solemnly. More than 300 officers in the entire military hall also stood up and bowed their heads in silence for these brothers who had never met.

"Dashuai, if this information is true, then is this plan really capable of the Goguryeo people to realize him? Gathering an army of 150,000 is not easy with the current strength of Goguryeo, right? There are a lot of words, and when the Goguryeo people made this plan, they didn't seem to know that Buyeo Daoyuan Taizuo had already been wiped out by us. ”

"Moreover, now we have lost dozens of brothers to send back this information, but the Liao people must also know that this plan has been leaked. Moreover, the defeat of Buyeo Daoyuan Taizuo will definitely not be hidden for long, and I believe that it will not be long before the Goguryeo people will definitely know the true situation of the entire Liaodong, and they will definitely reformulate a battle plan at that time. ”

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