Chapter 500: Change the military system
The moon is bright and the stars are scarce.
Dashahai is no longer hot during the day, it is more cool, Qin Huaidao sat in the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate, thinking about his thoughts, his ears were full of whimpering winds, like a ghost crying, it was very terrifying, but knowing its principle, he got used to it after listening to it more, and gradually became a little worried in his heart.
Luo Tong has been away for some time, so there won't be any problems, right?
Gradually, Qin Huaidao couldn't sit still, got up and jumped out of the carriage, several guards guarding the nearby village were coming up from the darkness, Qin Huaidao asked, "What time is it?" ”
"It's supposed to be a child." One of the team members said.
"But there is news from Uncle Luo, what about Luo Ying?"
"Uncle!" A black shadow hurriedly came, it was Luo Ying: "I have sent someone along the way to investigate the news, and I haven't reported it yet, don't worry, with the skills of the uncle, it will be fine." ”
Qin Huaidao thought of Luo Tong and Li Yixie's combat effectiveness and waited in his heart, if he couldn't beat and run, it would definitely be no problem, he looked around and asked, "Everything is normal, right?" ”
"Everything is normal, everyone listened to Uncle's words, and knew that this strange sound was formed by the wind blowing, and some brothers also pushed it to a wall to verify, and the strange sound after the wall fell was really news, everyone was at ease, the captives also fell asleep, and the brothers took turns to guard, nothing happened, rest assured."
Qin Huaidao lost his sleepiness, came to a commanding height, stood and looked into the distance, under the moonlight, the front was gray, the wind swept up the sand and dust, and it was dead, looking a little infiltrating.
Suddenly, several figures appeared in the hazy moonlight, looking a little hazy, Qin Huaidao fixed his eyes, someone came over, and hurriedly warned: "Someone is coming, be alert!" ”
"Be on alert, prepare for battle." Luo Ying shouted loudly.
The sleeping man quickly got up, grabbed his weapon and rushed to the vantage point.
After waiting for a while, Qin Huaidao found that all the cavalry came and walked very slowly, the figure of the leader looked a little familiar, carefully identified, and when he got closer, he found that it was Luo Tong, followed by Li Yixie, and was immediately overjoyed, and shouted: "Lift the alert, it's our people who are back." ”
Rushing out of the ruins and coming to an open place outside, Qin Huaidao looked at the team that came a lot, it seemed that the harvest was good, and he greeted him with a smile: "Uncle Luo, you're back, how are you doing?" ”
"A few thieves, not to be captured, 1,130, as well as a large number of horses, property, food, etc., no casualties on our side, please accept." Luo Tong said proudly.
"It's good if it goes well, all the horse bandits will be ......" Qin Huaidao said here and stopped, frowning and thinking.
During the Zhenguan period, the Tang army stipulated that 5 people were 1 team, two teams were 1 group, 5 groups were 1 team, plus the standard-bearer and other auxiliary soldiers, a team totaled 55 people, the team was the most commonly used military establishment, once the war broke out, the army would be temporarily organized into several armies, each army had dozens of different arms under its jurisdiction, and it could be under the jurisdiction of hundreds of teams at most.
However, each team has the same weapons and equipment, such as the archer team, the spear team, the Modao team, etc., which leads to the single class of each team and the limited combat effectiveness when pulled out individually.
There is also a point of shortcoming, that is, every two teams are 1 brigade, 1 brigade commander is set up, every two brigades are 1 regiment, and 1 lieutenant is set up, but the regiment and brigade are only nominal establishments, temporarily set, and the brigade commander and captain are not familiar with the team under their command, and do not know the generals, and will not know the soldiers, and even the main general will directly command the team at the first level, and there is a fault in the middle.
This phenomenon did not change until the late Tang Dynasty, from two teams for a brigade to five teams for 1 battalion, 5 battalions for 1 box, 2 boxes for 1 capital, 5 for 1 army, increased the middle layer management, according to this standard, an army has 12,500 people, one is 2,500 people, one box is 1,250 people, a battalion is 250 people, and a team is 50 people, this system has continued until the Song Dynasty, and has a great impact on later generations.
Whether it was the conquest of Goguryeo, or the fight against the Turks, or the rebellion in the north, Qin Huaidao found that this kind of establishment was very problematic, but at that time, it was the forbidden army of the imperial court, and it could not be moved, otherwise it would be confirmed and cause trouble, but now it is his own team, do you want to change it?
Seeing that Qin Huaidao was silent for a long time, everyone was a little surprised, and they all looked over.
Luo Tong also looked at Qin Huaidao, and couldn't help but ask, "Virtuous nephew, why are you making it up?" ”
Qin Huaidao realized that he was a little out of shape, and stopped halfway through his words, obviously disrespecting Luo Tong, and hurriedly explained: "Uncle Luo, I suddenly thought of something else, hand over the prisoner to everyone to take to the centralized custody, come with me, Li Yixie, Luo Ying, you two also come over." ”
Everyone agreed to follow, full of doubts.
After entering the ruins, several people sat on the ground in an open place, and Qin Huaidao said bluntly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Tang Army takes the team as the basic combat unit, such as the scout team, the bow team, the Mo knife team, the shield team, the spear team, etc., each team has a single type of arms, for example, once the archer team is attacked, except for the arrows, there is no other countermeasure ability, which is not advisable." ”
"You want to change the military system?" Luo Tong asked in surprise.
Even Li Yixie and Luo Ying looked at it with shocked faces, the change of the military system was not a joke, it involved too much.
Qin Huaidao took in everyone's expressions, and said: "We can't control what happens to the imperial army, but our own army must be changed and give full play to its combat effectiveness." ”
"This isn't child's play, tell me, how are you going to change it?" Luo Tong is colorful.
Of course, Qin Huaidao knew that it was not child's play, it was related to future operations, but he had to change it, and immediately said: "The team is the most basic combat unit, this one remains the same, but the troops can be adjusted." ”
"This is very important, the number of basic combat units must not be small, otherwise the team will suffer from fighting with each other, how do you plan to adjust the troops?" As a veteran of the battlefield, Luo Tong has also led the army, so he naturally understands the key.
Luo Ying has never led a large army, has fought a big battle, doesn't understand much, and doesn't say anything.
Li Yixie, who had led an army of several thousand people, knew the importance of the team as a basic combat unit, and nodded in agreement.
Qin Huaidao continued: "A team of fifty-five people remains the same, but it is no longer a uniform type of troops, it is changed to a multi-class composition, such as the current horse bandits, in addition to the sword soldiers are archers, you can set up a team of twenty archers, thirty sword soldiers, and the remaining auxiliary soldiers include one flag soldier, two scouts, one herald, one medical soldier, if the weapons are enough, a team can be changed to ten archers, twenty sword and shield soldiers, and twenty spearmen. The three arms fight together, and the same team fights, and it definitely wins. ”
Everyone is a person who knows the soldiers, and they can understand it at one point, and their eyes suddenly light up.
"Then how can people change on my side?" Luo Ying asked.
Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Ying, thought for a while, and explained: "The horse bandits are weak in combat, and they will mainly train one weapon in the future, so they need to be mixed and adapted to cooperate with the battle, and a thousand people on your side are proficient in various weapons, so there is no need to change them." ”
Luo Ying nodded and said no more.
Luo Tong pondered the benefits of the adaptation and agreed: "The method of mixing is feasible, but once it is a large-scale and large group positional battle, it is impossible to mobilize the same troops to attack, such as transferring thousands of archers at the same time to suppress the formation. ”
"It doesn't matter, in the future, we will not fight large-scale, large-group positional warfare, and moreover, the way in which the two armies face each other and attack each other in formation is outdated." Qin Huaidao waved his hand and said.
"Obsolete?"
Luo Tong was suddenly unconvinced: "How is it possible, the two armies are facing each other, and the enemy dispatches 10,000 cavalry, how can you break it?" The enemy dispatched more than a thousand archers at the same time, how to break it? ”
"First of all, there is no need to break it, and use guerrilla warfare and movement warfare instead, and gradually bleed the enemy; secondly, small-scale frontal encounters use the three-three system to cooperate with operations, and medium-scale encounters are fought and retreated, and troops are divided to lead the enemy, and finally guerrilla warfare and movement warfare are used to hunt and kill one by one. Qin Huaidao said confidently.
"Wait a minute, I understand sports warfare, guerrilla warfare can probably be understood, what is the three-three system? And what were the explosives, the mines, the means of attack that night? Luo Tong hurriedly interrupted, his eyes were full of surprise, seeing Qin Huaidao smile and nodded, he suddenly thought of something, thought about it carefully, suddenly his face changed slightly, and said with a wry smile: "I have specially gone to see the Li Mansion, the power of the explosion is comparable to thunder, the number is enough, even if you face 100,000 iron horses, not to mention that the explosion is earth-shattering, the war horses will be frightened, and it will be difficult to win if you want to blow up the camp, it seems that the times have changed, and our style of play is outdated." ”
After speaking, a touch of loneliness appeared on his face.
I thought that my martial arts were world-beating, and it was rare to meet opponents in the world, but I didn't expect that the times had changed, the war had changed, and no matter how high my martial arts were, I couldn't carry the explosives bag.
Qin Huaidao hurriedly said: "Uncle Luo doesn't need to be presumptuous, the explosives package is indeed sharp, but it is not popular, and it is only in the hands of the younger generation, don't worry about the enemy, Uncle Luo is still very useful with force." ”
"Tell me about your three-three system." Luo Tong asked.
"This is more complicated, but Luo Ying basically grasps it, go back and let Luo Ying teach you, first talk about the restructuring." Qin Huaidao saw that Luo Tong's ambition was not hit, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "The five teams are one battalion, the five battalions are one regiment, the five regiments are one division, and the five divisions are one army. ”
Everyone pondered the pros and cons and remained silent.