Chapter 150: The Establishment of a New Military System

The army itself is a form of organization. If you want to exert your combat effectiveness, you need not only soldiers, but also auxiliary soldiers, and even people's husbands.

In ancient wars, hundreds of thousands of people fought each other, but it is very likely that the outcome of the war will only be determined by tens of thousands, or even thousands of elite decisive battles. The rest is nothing more than defeat.

Even if a war is fought, it will only take a few days for the actual war to start, but the preparation before the battle, the movement of the army, the logistical planning, and the training of the army are far longer than the actual battle. Therefore, commanding tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of generals, needs a whole team to help them manage the army.

This is called Kaifu.

In ancient times, many officials had the same three divisions. And this power later became the standard for the usurpation of the dynasty. In this way, it is gradually restricted. And for five generations, there have been more restrictions on the military.

Let a general who commands hundreds of thousands of troops have the right to open a government, so that many people immediately think of Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng, Chen Badao and others.

For Zhu Xiongying, this was an obvious threat to imperial power.

For He Xi, the future court he wants is not a military government.

This is unacceptable to them.

However, reality has come to this point.

In the era of cold weapons, it was very difficult to command hundreds of thousands of troops to fight, because of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others. They represent not only themselves, but also their teams, their networks in the government and the military, their private staff. This can support the heavy task of commanding hundreds of thousands of troops.

But now after the reform, the 200-mile wide area is advancing. This still has a canal as the aorta. And the Hebei area is mostly flat, and there are no other terrain problems, and there are few problems encountered.

But even then, there are more problems. And if you want to use firearms flexibly, combat units will only be smaller.

There are more tasks that require command. Not only has the requirements for generals been increased. The requirements for the command center have also been increased.

But otherwise, it will not be able to support a war of this magnitude.

The staff system came into being. Changing the personal staff to the officer system. Thus integrating forces to a greater extent. Strengthen command capabilities. Only then can such a powerful military force be better mobilized.

He Xi told Zhu Xiongying about his vision of the staff officer. This is a combination of some of his ideas from this era, but also some templates from later generations.

Ye Shen was secretly ashamed when he heard this. I secretly said in my heart, "I didn't think of this."

And Zhu Xiongying was very interested when he heard it.

What he is most interested in at the moment is not how much room the establishment of a staff system will improve the combat effectiveness of the army. And keenly feel the role of checks and balances of power. Because according to He Xi, the commander-in-chief's order must also be agreed with the staff before it can be issued.

Although, the General Staff is a subordinate of the main family. But the cabinet was still subordinate to the emperor.

In officialdom, official position does not mean everything, otherwise how did it become the ancestral family law of the Ming Dynasty to control the big with the small.

The Emperor's fear of losing control of his army was always there.

Now, once the staff system is established, it starts with the smallest battalion. It is necessary to have one or two battalion staff officers. Wei is about to set up a staff department. Not to mention the military level and the commander-in-chief. And the staff officers themselves can also be subdivided into intelligence staff officers, operational staff officers, artillery staff officers, logistics staff officers, and so on.

Almost completely divided the power of the commander. The Lord will have only the most important decision.

In this case, the original army was owned by the main general, and the main general was owned by the army. In this case, even if the Lord has any ideas, can he really do it? If he wants to rebel alone, it is absolutely impossible for him to hide it from the General Staff. Because without a general staff, the commander-in-chief would not be able to mobilize the army.

In this case, the likelihood of the army getting out of control is too low.

Controlling a person is often difficult to control. But there are many ways to control a group of people.

Just for that reason

Zhu Xiongying supports this idea.

Zhu Xiongying said, "Okay. Just do as my uncle does."

Ye Shen said, "My lord, according to what my lord said, I am going to train eight armies. One of the cavalry corps, one artillery corps. There are too many staff officers needed. I'm afraid I won't be able to find so many people for a while."

He Xi said indifferently: "I ordered that all the students of the three schools in Liaodong, the Guozijian, and the newly established martial arts school gather in Cangzhou. Populate them throughout the staff system. Let's use it for the time being."

To be a qualified staff officer, you need to be multi-competent. But the most basic thing is computational statistical analysis.

Although these students have just entered the school, they have a mathematical background, so let's make it up. In the future, there will be big waves and sands, and maybe there will be some famous futures.

Zhu Xiongying heard He Xi's words, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. But there is nothing to be done.

Because the big war is imminent, there will be no big drills.

This changed the original phalanx into a horizontal formation, with a column. You don't need to train at all, because it's all basic. Increase the number of staff officers, increase the number of military organs, increase the number of commanders at the level of guards, and so on. These exercises do not involve the lowest level of soldiers.

The changes are not significant.

The biggest change is the addition of the staff system.

As a result, the original line of military command has now become two. Zhu Xiongying wanted to use this to increase his influence in the army. But alas, there was no one in his entrainment. You can only use the people of He Xi.

In this way, He Xi's influence in the army will become deeper and deeper in the future.

But it is also a helpless thing.

After all, the first thing to do now is to win the battle. Only those who win will have everything that follows.

Zhu Xiongying could only say, "Okay."

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Among the large camps of the Southern Army.

Fu Youde took the secret letter from the north, thought for a long time, and asked Sheng Yong to come and read these secret letters.

These letters were not written by one person.

After all, as mentioned earlier, the north and the south are not connected with each other.

The previous changes in the Northern Army impressed Fu Youde deeply. So he paid close attention to the movements of the Northern Army. Such a big move by the Northern Army. There are too many people involved. There is simply no possibility of secrecy.

So, it is not surprising that Fu Youde knew.

After Sheng Yong finished reading it. Fu Youde said, "What do you think?"

Sheng Yong was silent for a while and said, "Tricky. It's tricky."

Fu Youde said, "What's the difficulty in talking about it?"

Sheng Yong said, "Is it difficult that there are so many qualified officers in the Northern Army? Is it difficult that the Northern Army has so many firearms? The next battle is not going to be good."

Fu Youde sighed and said, "The difficulty is that I want to learn, and I can't learn it."

This is a contradiction.

Fu Youde can learn from the Northern Army step by step. After all, many military changes are not a secret to both the North and the South. If you want to know, there is nothing you don't know. But what Fu Youde doesn't know, what is behind the support of the entire military system?

In Beijing, He Xi's learning is Xianxue.

He Xi said that he attaches importance to science and mathematics. Then mathematics is a compulsory subject in Beijing, from primary school to Guozijian. And Zhang Zongde, who is engaged in steam engines, is now also a professor of Guozijian, and is regarded as a famous artist in Beijing.

And in Nanjing it is different.

In Nanjing, all of He Xi's learning was heresy.

In Nanjing, even if He Xi brings some benefits, they can only be used passively, and they must not be actively pursued.

If not, the needs of the Northern War, if there is no war after Zhu Yunwen ascends the throne, within three or five years, the Taiping Iron Works will be closed.

For non-commissioned officers, it is difficult to change from cold-weapon combat to firearms combat. But it's not a big problem, but it's a big problem for the future. Firearms in combat. It's important to be brave. But if it's just bravery, it's the life of being beaten into a hornet's nest.

Need to understand fire

Force use. This brings us to the math.

As for mathematics, most of the generals of the Southern Army are reluctant to take a second look, as if they would dirty their eyes if they look at it more.

Supporting an army of more than 100,000 and a large number of mathematical talents. It is not useful at all here in Fu Youde. As the most famous arithmetic master in the world, all those who are proficient in arithmetic in the world are regarded as his disciples.