Chapter 82: Organizing the Army

After the conclusion of the alliance, the political guiding ideology of the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty underwent a major change, and the policy of guarding the internal and external affairs gradually took shape, the political eyes of the rulers were fixed on the "internal troubles", and the national defense strategy changed from active offensive to passive defense, and then to humiliation and peace. This, coupled with the growing political conservatism and corruption of the Northern Song regime, led to the abolition of the military and government. Since then, the development of the forbidden army has embarked on a road of redundancy and redundancy, and the biggest feature is that the number of troops has risen sharply.

The large number of newly recruited soldiers, who were neither trained in war nor the necessary training, and whose living conditions deteriorated, inevitably led to poor quality. Among the recruits, there are ordinary peasants, unscrupulous people from all directions, dereliction of duty, scoundrels and treacherous people, and homeless people with low quality. In order to prevent mutiny, the Song Dynasty treated the soldiers of the forbidden army with a policy of leniency and appeasement. It is precisely because of this system of raising troops that the arrogant character of the soldiers has been cultivated, and the arrogance in the barracks has become more and more intense, and morale and military discipline have become only secondary things.

The number of soldiers was determined, although it was unexpected by Zhao Ta, but he couldn't do without it, and immediately arranged for people to go to the battalions of the forbidden army to select soldiers, his requirements were not high, and those who met the criteria for being selected into the forbidden army were less than two years old, no more than 25 years old, and those who were born in the mountainous areas of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Hebei were the best, who could ride horses, had special skills, and had good obedience, and who had participated in the grand review, and the officers did not want one.

The reason why it was so extreme was because Zhao Ta understood that it was better not to spoil a pot of soup with a mouse. Those soldiers who have been in the army for a short time are in a period of oppression, living at the bottom of the barracks, living with trepidation every day, and have not yet tasted the 'taste' of being the masters of their own affairs as veterans, and they are still contaminated with few bad habits, but they have undergone a certain amount of military training, know some rules, and can endure the strict discipline of their new army. If it is a veteran oil, it is okay to have combat experience, but these people have never left the ground near the capital except for their turn to 'anchor and get food' in other places, let alone go to the battlefield, only a body of stealing and playing tricks, deceiving and concealing the faults, and it will be difficult to clean them up, so it is better to let him rot here!

On the tenth day of November, Zhao Ta ordered people to select soldiers in the forbidden army, and he went out of the capital in the name of recruiting soldiers and went straight to Xiangyi, which is the most important thing. He considered that although he had more than 10,000 households in his Zhuangzi, with a population of more than 60,000, and the number of young and strong candidates could reach about 20,000, he needed manpower for farming and work, and if he was transferred too much, it would be affected, so he decided on 2,000 people. Now there are 500 pro-soldier teams, 1,000 people who have received firearms operation training, and 500 people who have been trained by high-level favors, the number is basically enough, but Zhao Ta still set strict conditions, 'Don't have an only child in the family, or only one male', 'Don't be over 25 years old except for special troops', 'Don't be married', 'Don't have someone in the family who doesn't agree to join the army', 'Don't support the elderly in the family'...

Zhao Ta arrived at the old mansion of Xiangyi, immediately convened a meeting, issued a mobilization order, this is not a happy thing for Zhao Ta, Xiangyi can be said to be his hometown, when Xiang Yu led three thousand hometown children to oppose Qin, the most after the whole army was wiped out, no shame to see Jiangdong's fathers and elders, since Wujiang wrote a swan song for the ages, and he led them to a road of no return, but now they are ready to fly, there is no turning back, can only let go of these children's love, one road to the dark!

Years of business and Zhao Ta's good popularity immediately showed up at this time, and the people in the house all recognized a truth, there was nothing wrong with following the prince, what he had to do was definitely for everyone's good, because Zhao Ta had never let them down before. There was no agitation, no appeal, mobilization order, and in just three days, the conscription was completed, and the election was jubilant, and the unsuccessful ones were inevitably depressed.

After the conscription was completed, the reorganization of the troops began, and the personnel were organized into five battalions and five directly subordinate teams, totaling more than 3,000 people. Zhao Ren was the commander of the capital, commanding the whole army, under the jurisdiction of two battalions of hussars, two battalions of dragoons, and one battalion of baggage. The hussars are composed of soldiers who have been trained in cavalry and archery and are skilled in technical and combat techniques, and they mainly fight on horseback, carry out frontal assault and break the formation, and are the vanguard elite of the troops; Dragoons are composed of soldiers who have received basic cavalry training and are proficient in the use of firearms, and they mainly accompany the hussars to fight, mainly performing combat tasks such as pursuit, cover, and guarding, and can be used as cavalry or infantry. They use the same weapons, but they have a different focus on their missions and a different way of training. …,

Each commander has an establishment of 500 people, under the jurisdiction of three capitals, each of which has jurisdiction over three teams of 12 people, each of which has 12 people, plus the commander of the capital and the team, a total of 150 people and 600 horses. Gao Zhong served as the commander of the first battalion of hussars, and the heads of the capital - Xu Biao, Zheng Ping, and Liu Sheng; Zhao Yong served as the commander of the second battalion of hussars, and the heads were Dou Jun, Liu Biao, and Zhang Ting; Zhao Zhong served as the commander of the first battalion of dragon cavalry, and the heads of the capital - Wang Heng, Liu Bao, and Zhou Jun; Xiao Yu served as the commander of the second battalion of dragoons -- Sun Ji, Jiang Wei, and Wu Tao.

Zhao Zhi served as the commander of the baggage battalion, and this command had the largest number of personnel, including 100 medical personnel, 50 doctors, and 50 veterinarians, who were responsible for the medical and health work of the whole army. The fire army has one hundred and twenty men, who are responsible for the food and drink of the whole army, and are dispersed to the battalions in peacetime like the health team, and can be dispatched at any time as needed; In addition, there are 100 craftsmen, 200 engineers, 200 transporters, 100 carts, and more than 500 mules and horses for consignment. They can also be called special forces, responsible for the logistics of the whole army, they also have to participate in military training in peacetime, in addition to completing their own work in wartime, they also have to undertake auxiliary work such as building roads and bridges, manufacturing equipment, building cities and forts, guarding transportation lines, escorting grain and grass materials, guarding warehouses, and so on.

The direct team of the camp is composed of the machine gun team, the scout team, the law enforcement team and the prince's guards. Zhao Xiao was appointed as the head of the machine artillery team, which had jurisdiction over three detachments of mortar artillery, rapid-fire artillery and heavy machine guns, with 60 people in each artillery team, 10 artillery pieces each, 10 accompanying ammunition trucks, and 50 mules and horses; The machine gun detachment has five machine gun groups, each group is equipped with a hand-cranked heavy machine gun, and an accompanying light ammunition vehicle, each group has five shooters, deputy shooters, ammunition drivers, and two mules and horses, a total of 30 people. The law enforcement team is Zheng Zhao Yi, with 100 people under its jurisdiction, and is responsible for picketing the army's illegal and discipline-violating personnel, opposing special hoeing and rape, and enforcing military law. The scout team is Jiang Fei, with 150 people and 220 horses. Responsible for spying on military intelligence, battlefield reconnaissance, gathering intelligence, intercepting and killing scouts and intelligence personnel sent by the enemy.

Zhao Xin, the chief of the guards, and the deputy captain is Wangfu, with 130 guards under his jurisdiction, including 40 internal guards and 90 field guards, which has increased the number of people than before, and is responsible for the security of the department, the security work of important people and some disgraceful secret operations, which can be said to concentrate the most elite strength of the whole army, and the high pet who has seen their training has said, if I am allowed to attack them head-on to occupy a position that is advantageous for the terrain to defend, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through even if I take the lives of the whole battalion. If it's a duel in the dark, your troops will only be beaten...

In this reorganization, the entire pro-guard unit will be broken up and assigned to various battalions to serve as leaders at all levels, from commanders to commanders, and they will become the backbone of the entire unit.

Zhao Lian had been assisting Zhao Ren in his work in the past, and this time Zhao Ta left him in Xiangyi, where he would re-establish the Royal Guards with a group of veterans from the pro-guard and a group of elites drawn from the Sheding, who would serve as seed troops to train recruits and protect Xiangyi. Zhao Li is resourceful and cautious, Zhao Yan is brave and strategic, and they can take charge of themselves, but Zhao Ta did not let them lead the troops, but put them next to Zhao Ren as staff officers, and exercised them from the overall situation as a talent reserve.

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After the Song Dynasty changed the law in Wang Anshi, Xining began to implement the "Art of War" in the seventh year, and the local forbidden army and the fighting force of the Xiang soldiers, the Fan soldiers, and the township soldiers were mixed and organized into "generals", and "commands" were set up under them. Each "general" ranges from more than 2,000 to more than 110,000, usually about five, with the chief and deputy generals as commanders. The whole country is numbered as more than 140 generals, and the north is based on roads, and the first and second serial numbers are compiled under it; The southeast region is unified into 13 generals, and only regular generals are set up for those with less than 3,200 people. Under the command of the generals and the training of the generals and soldiers, in order to achieve the knowledge of the soldiers, the soldiers know the generals, and improve the combat effectiveness, each general and deputy general is set up under the preparation general, the general, the team general, the training officer, the escort team, the envoy, etc. Most of the generals defended their own roads and fought more in the jurisdiction of their own roads, but some of them went to the designated other roads to change their positions. Forbidden armies that are not included in the generals except for the general forbidden army are called the forbidden army that is not affiliated with the general or the forbidden army that is not subordinate to the generals.

After Zhao Ta finished reorganizing the army, he immediately sent the roster Pegasus to the capital. Because his troops were nodted by the emperor, they were included in the forbidden army that was not subordinate to the generals, that is to say, it was not subordinate to any of the forbidden armies of the Sanya, but a forbidden army with an independent number. The Song Dynasty implemented the system of "privy control of soldiers, tiger charms, three yamen in charge of the army, leading (handsome) ministers in charge of the army, and the military department in charge of logistics, each with its own defense".

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