A long time ago, it has been introduced, whether in peacetime or wartime, the Taiping Army's permanent supreme military command body is the Joint Operations Command, that is, the head of the Chinese army headed by Huang Xu, it was established at the initiative of Huang Xu, and its main responsibility is to command and command all the actions of the Taiping Army, including training, attacks on the enemy....and so on.

Under the Joint Operations Command, there are various departments of the Taiping Army, and the specific division of responsibilities between each department in peacetime and wartime is different.

In peacetime, the Taiping Army under the jurisdiction of the Joint Operations Command is divided into several parts, including ordinary infantry, hoplites, light cavalry, hoplites, independent archer brigades, firearms battalions, engineer battalions, logistics support brigades, intelligence offices, and special operations detachments, each of which is led by the chief general and assisted by the deputy general.

Ordinary infantry, hoplites, light cavalry, heavy cavalry, the previous chief was Guo Potian, deputy general Lu Qingtian, after Guo Potian's death, Huang Xu temporarily replaced him for a period of time, after Bao Ping'an and Cui Min returned, they were ordered by Huang Xu to replace Guo Potian to command the core infantry cavalry, Guo Potian's deputy general Lu Qingtian was arranged to go to the independent archer brigade and firearms battalion to be Yang Yiqing's deputy general.

Huang Xu reused Bao Ping'an and Cui Min so regardless of his previous suspicions, it was entirely to make friends with Bao Ping'an's heart, he knew Bao Ping'an too well, although Bao Ping'an had promised to re-emerge from the mountain, but it did not mean that he would do his best to help himself, but wanted Bao Ping'an to give everything he had, without reservation, to follow himself with all his heart, and to dedicate everything to himself, Huang Xu could only make a ruthless move, this ruthless move is to give Bao Ping'an the greatest trust, let Bao Ping'an be in charge of the infantry cavalry as the core main force of the Taiping Army, he is completely confident, as long as this move comes out, He will definitely repay him with his death, and everything later proved that his arrangement was right.

Since the failure of the military incident, Bao Ping'an was relieved and returned to the field, living an ordinary life, he thought that this life would be like this, but what he never expected was that Huang Xu could reactivate him regardless of his previous suspicions, since then, his heart has been full of gratitude to Huang Xu, and what he didn't expect was that Huang Xu not only gave him the important task of assisting Zeng Guofan, but also made him the chief general of the core military branch of the Taiping Army.

How can you keep peace without swearing to death to repay it?

The chief general of the independent archer brigade and firearms battalion was Li Xiucheng and the deputy general Yang Yiqing, because the king Hong Xiucheng appreciated Li Xiucheng very much, so he transferred Li Xiucheng back to the capital and appointed him as the chief of affairs of the Ouchi and the commander of the nine gates, while Yang Yiqing took over the post of chief general under the order of Huang Xu, commanding the independent archer brigade and firearms battalion, which was called the heavy weapon in the army. Lu Qingtian was appointed as the deputy general.

The earliest person in charge of the intelligence department and the special operations team was Huang Xu, and after Huang Xu became the commander, he handed over the intelligence department to Liu Yuhua and Yao Dahong to manage, and assigned the special operations team to Dongfang Bufu and Tian Xiaoer to lead the team.

The main and deputy generals of the engineer battalion and the logistics support brigade remained unchanged, and they were still commanded by Yu Yilong, Duan Yihu, Zhu Yidian, and Fu Zhongxin respectively.

After the Hunan and Chu armies joined, Huang Xu re-made unified deployments, and after the original Hunan and Chu armies were disrupted, they were re-arranged, and the main and deputy generals of each branch of the army were also re-appointed.

The core content of these appointments is that in addition to keeping all the generals of the former Taiping Army unchanged, they mainly give the capable generals of the former Hunan and Chu Army, such as Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan, Peng Yulin, Zeng San, Liu Kunyi, Jiang Zhongyuan, Zeng Guoquan and others more responsibilities for commanding the army.

In order to make Luo Zenan and others better integrate into the Taiping Army, Huang Xu proposed to use the method of two main generals to lead the whole army, that is, several cadres and generals of the Hunan and Chu Army were stuffed into the system of the new Taiping Army.

For example, Hu Linyi, Luo Zenan, Peng Yulin, Liu Kun and other four people, respectively, are in the same position as Bao Ping'an, Yang Yiqing, Yu Yilong, Zhu Yidian, as the main generals, and jointly take charge of different branches of the army, while Zeng San, Jiang Zhongyuan, and Zeng Guoquan were promoted by Huang Xu to be the guards of the Chinese army, which is also equivalent to being reused.

In short, Huang Xu's arrangement made everyone happy, and also made the morale of the whole army reach a new height.

After talking about the above arrangements, let's revisit some of the ranks of the Taiping Army.

The ranks of the Taiping Army are generally divided into the following classes.

The commander of the three armies, the army commander, the deputy general, the general Longxiang, the general Huji, the guard general, the partial general, the pipe band, the captain, the squadron leader, the squad leader, the captain, and then to the lowest soldiers.

Like the above-mentioned generals, who were called famous in the Taiping army. Generally the main general. Rank of lieutenant general.

As for those imperial city guards, the guards of the prince's palace, strictly speaking, only belong to the internal guards, they are commanded by the chief of affairs of the Great Inner Department and the commander of the nine gates, compared with the field army, the essential difference between the two is that the internal guard only has a position, unlike the field army led by Huang Xu has a military rank, and the rank of the internal guard is generally simply divided into: chief of affairs, commander, deputy commander, captain, squad leader, ordinary soldiers.

Like Lu Bo, the commander of the forbidden army, he belongs to the commander-level figure and has a very high status, while Li Xiucheng, who was transferred back to Beijing by Hong Xiuquan, belongs to the top figure in the internal guard, and he is also the chief of affairs of the Great Inner Department and the governor of the Nine Gates, which can be described as a high power.

However, then again, a character like Li Xiucheng, from his heart, he is more willing to gallop on the battlefield than to be a close attendant who has nothing to do and enjoys all the blessings.

After talking about the incident of the Joint Operations Command in peacetime, let's talk about the matters related to wartime.

In wartime, in addition to the intelligence department and the special operations detachment, the joint operations command will rearrange all branches of the armed forces according to the specific operational requirements and assign them different tasks from usual, such as this attack on Shuntianfu, the Taiping Army needs to attack from the four gates, then it is impossible to assign attack tasks according to a single branch of the armed forces, and it must be remixed, and all the arms and services must be mixed in the attack echelon of each gate, and at the last time, everyone will fight together.

In this way, the original fixed relationship between the commander and the commander of the army will inevitably be disrupted, and thus be converted into a new relationship, and to adapt to this change, it is required that the Taiping army must be like a sophisticated instrument, which can do two things at any time and place, first, it can be dismantled immediately, and second, it can be quickly put back after dismantling, and in order to achieve this effect, the overall quality of the army must be maintained at a very high level.

This requires that the Taiping Army not only have a very practical guiding ideology, but also have excellent teachers, but also have extraordinary execution, fortunately, these requirements, the Taiping Army is not lacking.

Huang Xu originally carried out military innovation in the Taiping Army according to Shi Dakai's instructions, the purpose was to build the Taiping Army into an iron army that can adapt to all-round operations in different situations, so Huang Xu put forward the theory of coordinated operations with a clear banner at that time.

Coordinated operations were the guiding ideology of Huang Xu's reorganization of the army at that time, and with the guiding ideology, coupled with Huang Xu's excellent instructor, and then coupled with the Taiping Army, which was the best in the world, why worry about big things.

In this attack on Shuntianfu, Huang Xu only put forward one requirement, that is, all branches of the army should cooperate as much as possible, Shuntian is a strong city, and in the matter of attacking fortifications, the requirements for coordination are higher, especially between ordinary infantry, hoplites, independent archer brigades, firearms battalions, and engineer battalions, it is necessary to cooperate with each other, and only cooperation is in place. In order to get the most effective effect with half the effort.

In this siege, the infantry was the main force, the independent archer brigade and the firearms battalion were responsible for artillery suppression and support, and the engineer battalion needed to ensure the supply of siege equipment and ensure that the siege route was unimpeded. Which step is not in place. It's not a small obstacle to the siege, so. Huang Xu has always emphasized that everyone must work together.

In fact, after a series of confrontations between the Taiping army and the original Hunan Chu army and the elite of the Qing army led by Seng Lingqin, the Taiping army seemed to have a further understanding of Huang Xu's emphasis on the idea of coordinated operations, and the new Taiping army became more and more like a whole.

Huang Xu saw it in his eyes, happy in his heart, he believed that as long as he continued to grind like this, this idea of coordinated combat would definitely penetrate into the bone marrow of the Taiping Army, and finally became an instinctive muscle reaction.

They will be invincible, God will block and kill God, Buddha will prevent and destroy Buddha, just ask, who in the world dares to fight it. (To be continued......)