In this Northern Expedition, a total of three divisions of the Left Military Academy Captain's Department, the Central Military Academy Captain's Department, the Later Military Academy Captain's Department, and the Ninth Battalion of Commandos were involved.

The number of participants in this battle is about more than 20,000, and it is the largest military operation of the Taishan Army at present.

But don't forget, that's just the number of soldiers. There are also a large number of baggage troops and supplementary soldiers.

After the Qingzhou Yellow Turban joined the Taishan Army under the leadership of the sacrifice grandson, the elite wrestler battalion was supplemented into the main soldiers of the Taishan Army's five captains, and most of them were baggage soldiers and supplementary soldiers.

This part of the baggage troops is roughly about 10,000 people. And these Qingzhou yellow scarves can also fight and kill, but they are not as good as the main battalion leader in terms of combat skills.

In other words, if the Taishan Army absolutely explodes, pulling out the field guards and baggage soldiers together, can pull out at least 60,000 soldiers, which is already a very terrifying existence.

It's just that this size of the force is not sustainable for today's Taishan army. The Taishan Army also did not have enough human resources to do fine management of such a large-scale military force.

And now the number of 30,000 field troops will be almost the upper limit of the Taishan Army's ability.

Why is it so difficult?

Because the reason why the Taishan army can fight is not because the soldiers are brave and brave, it is a rogue.

The advantage of the Taishan Army's combat power is systematic, that is, they are a division of economic control.

Take the Captain Department of the First Military Academy of the Taishan Army as an example.

Its standard establishment is five battalions, which is an establishment of 5,000 soldiers. In addition, there are about 2,000 baggage troops. Each battalion was composed of about 1,000 men, including 200 crossbowmen, 200 longbowmen, and 600 ironclad soldiers.

And the 5,000 captain's department has its own staff. It is divided into the staff of the army department and the staff of the battalion department.

The staff of the military department is naturally a staff structure of a separate colonel's department.

Its basic composition is the long history, the counselor, the scholar, and the four chiefs of the warehouse, the armor, the soldier, and the law.

Among them, the chief of staff is the chief of staff, in charge of all non-military things, and is an important assistant to the military cadet, and is also the target of clamping. Because every long history has the power to secretly send Zhang Chong, he can tell all the situation in the general.

Today's long history is the old Taishan period grew up, is the continuation of the Taoist envoy system. It can be said that from the first army to the first tun, they all have their own long history.

The counselor is very simple, he is a military staff talent assigned by Zhang Chong to a certain military academy lieutenant department, and the number of chief general counselors ranges from three to five.

In addition, the staff of the military department also has a book. This name in the Han family is the record room, which is the work of the secretary of the palm.

Counselors and secretaries are all relatively noble positions, while the four chiefs of Cang, A, Bing, and Law are responsible for fixed functional affairs and are important positions.

The so-called Cangcao chief is responsible for the logistics of military supplies, because the Taishan Army implements the holy treasury system, so these are also called the holy treasury chief. They not only had command over wartime captures, but also over heavy baggage, and were among the few staff members with military power.

And the chief of the armor is responsible for the management of the armor.

The army is stationed, and all the armor needs to be put into the warehouse for management, and the army cannot have armor in non-war times. As a heavy weapon of the military state, the position of the head of the armor can be imagined.

On the side of the Han family, this is basically held by the eunuchs around the emperor, and on the side of the Taishan Army, they are basically qualified to serve as the commander of Jiacao from the cross-collision team.

As for the soldier commander, he is responsible for the management of the roster of the army, and this functional department is responsible for the replenishment, discharge, promotion, and meritorious service of the sergeants.

And the last Fa Cao Chang is even more important. In units at the level of the military academy lieutenant department, there are 20 law officials and 100 law enforcement officers under the head of Fa Cao, all of whom are elite in the army. He is responsible for all military law affairs in wartime and garrison.

The Taishan Army has been in charge of the military since the Xue Shibi period, and it can be said that it has been very perfect until now.

Therefore, there are more than 50 staff members at the level of military departments, ranging from Changshi to Sicao, and there are more than 100 people in large numbers.

And a military department is not only a staff member of the military department, but also a staff member of the battalion department at the battalion level. Because the unit that the Taishan Army can act independently is the battalion level

The unit is the establishment of two five-song, ten-tun and twenty-team teams.

Although the staff of the battalion department is small, the establishment is generally the same as that of the staff of the military department, and there are all long histories, counselors, secretaries, and four divisions.

This is the guarantee of the combat strength of the Taishan Army, relying on a large number of staff to do fine management.

To what extent is this kind of fine management?

It is a unit that can already sink to the team level, that is, every 50 people in the army have staff, but these staff members still have military combat things.

For example, if a team general is a team leader, there is a flag bearer and a deputy team member below him. The so-called flag holding, that is, the one who is specifically responsible for holding the flag, is used to mobilize troops and liaise with other teams to cooperate with the attack. The deputy team is dedicated to advocating clerical work and rewards.

Take the Northern Expedition as an example.

The officers and men of the Taishan Army handed over the captured heads to their respective deputy teams for inspection, and the qualified and effective registers were sent to the deputy tun, and the summary of the deputy was sent to the deputy of the qu, and the summary of the deputy was sent to the deputy of the department, and then to the battalion division.

It was summarized by the soldiers of the battalion department, and then randomly went down to each team to inspect the first-level merit. If it is correct, it will be reported to the final military department.

From here, it can also be seen why Zhang Chong has only begun to reward the generals now.

However, although such fine management can greatly improve combat effectiveness, the cost is too high.

Most of the current staff of the Taishan Army are the children of poor families in various places, and there is no way out if they are educated. But after so many years of accumulation, the Taishan Army can only allocate sufficient staff for a field army of 30,000 people.

Regarding the staff, there is another difference between the Taishan Army and the Han Dynasty.

That is, most of the staff of the Han family came from the conquest of the commander, and all the staff of the Taishan Army came from the appointment of the shogunate military division.

The generals of the Han dynasty led the troops to form their own shogunate, and all the members of their staff were recruited by themselves, so every time there was a war, the sons of Haoqiang rushed to enter the shogunate, and even no one needed to go, just put on a name.

is also because these staff members are privately recruited by the generals themselves, so these people are very attached to the personal attachment of the generals, that is, they have the title of the so-called lord.

And this was unbearable for Zhang Chong, who specially put the shogunate's military secretary in charge of this matter.

Even if a general meets an excellent staff, he only has the right to recommend but not the right to expropriate.

All of these staff members who were recommended had to register with the Shogunate's military division, evaluate them, and then distribute them to the various armies in a unified manner.

What is the teacher of the economic system, this is the teacher of the economic system, all kinds of things, there are rules and regulations to follow, and there are special personnel to handle them.

Therefore, the current Taishan Army's five-military system is already very mature, and it is also the core of the entire military system. Such as five divisions, five aspects.

At present, most of the officials in the palace who are ready to be honored are the officials of the middle guard, the left and the rear captains, and there are not too many officers of the assault system.

The flying army system of the Taishan Army and the Fifth Army are not the same military system.

Everyone in the army knows that in the same rank, the flying army is two levels higher than the officers and soldiers of the five armies. In other words, the subordinate generals in the flying army are equivalent to the battalion generals in the five armies, and they can stand alone.

Many people have no concept of 500 horsemen, and feel that the number of 500 horsemen is very small and insignificant. But in fact, a formation of 500 cavalry can dominate a battle, and it is a real militaristic weapon.

According to the military law of Mount Tai, the first military academy captain department set out to fight, and it was necessary to equip two battalions of 1,000 assault cavalry to cover and dominate the battlefield.

This time, Guan Yu of the Northern Expedition took the Zuo Lieutenant Department to the expedition, and he was equipped with two cavalry battalions of Flying Dragon and Flying Tiger, which was the regular system.

In terms of the use of cavalry, the Taishan army compared the Youzhou cavalry, and also absorbed the regulations of the inner county battle.

In the inner counties of China, the Han army generally fought with chariots and cavalry, and used antlers as a phalanx. The Youzhou Turquoise Cavalry is a complete cavalry formation, and the cavalry regiment fights.

Zhang Chong drew on the strengths of the two and established the sequence of today's ten battalions of assault cavalry.

It can not only be dispersed as a battalion to cooperate with the captain's headquarters of the five military academies, but also can be organized into an army and do group cavalry operations.

Assault

When fighting in conjunction with the Captain Department of the Fifth Military Academy, they are usually deployed behind the military formation, and on the one hand, they can dismount and fight on foot and use them as second-echelon troops. On the one hand, it can be used as an assault cavalry, taking advantage of the victory to pursue, expanding the victory results, and is rarely used to directly impact the enemy's strong position.

However, there are exceptions, Zhang Chong's rampage under the tent can be used to directly rush into battle, but the cost performance is not high, and the death of a rampage general is equivalent to folding a hundred generals, which is really not rushed.

It was also because the cavalry generally fought smoothly and easily captured important commanders of the enemy army in the pursuit after the battle. For example, if Zhao Yun was not a member of the Turpitos, would he be able to take down the Julu Taishou Guo Dian after the war?

Therefore, the officials of the five armies are generally not interested in the turks, which can be seen from the clear seating on the hall this time.

People like Li Hu, Xu Huang, Xi Shen, Li Fu, Li Bi, and Ma Wu all sat in a group, and rarely greeted the nearby officials of the Five Armed Forces, but Guo Liang was a member of the Fifth Army system before, and he chatted with acquaintances from time to time.

This time, in addition to the officials of the five armies, the commando cavalry system, and some officials of the baggage soldiers came to pay for their merits.

Most of these baggage soldiers were from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, and the original Taishan Army's old baggage soldiers were basically left in the local area as town guards.

At this moment, these baggage soldiers were sitting behind their old commanders, that is, Sacrifice Sun and Xu He.

When they saw the singing generals in front of them reporting their merits, they listened to it with itching, and they were also looking forward to this battle.

That's right, the baggage soldiers also have military exploits.

As the logistical support of marching operations, baggage troops are also very important for a war.

Especially this time, Guan Yu was trapped on the north shore by the spring water because he was not familiar with the water conditions. If it weren't for the unremitting fighting of the baggage troops in the rear to ensure the safety of the grain road, Guan Yu's department might also have suffered a big setback.

And in addition to these feats, they have also done a very good job in their own work.

There were almost 20,000 soldiers in the Northern Expedition, and their daily cost of corn could be 5,000 stones, and there were more than a month before and after the battle, plus the loss on the road, that is to say, these baggage soldiers transported at least 300,000 stone of corn to the front line. Converted to ox carts, that is, 10,000 trips.

Therefore, the officers of the baggage system can naturally participate in this glorious moment and share the glory of this battle with the soldiers.

In addition to the baggage soldiers, the foreign military system of the flying army carrying the flag also came to receive honors.

The Flying Army of the Taishan Army is a very complex military system. After several reorganizations, it has now formed an internal army that inspects internally and a foreign army that explores the enemy externally.

Among them, the foreign military is also divided into two systems: spy detection and travel.

The spy is directly subordinate to the shogunate, and whether it is dispatched or reported, it is directly under the foreign department of the flying army under the shogunate.

And You Yi was established in the shogunate, but the specific transfer was in the military department of the five armies. Because the role of Youyi is to be a sentinel and guard in the process of marching and garrisoning.

The soldiers of the Flying Army were the first to come from the Shanliao in the Taishan area, and they were already good at tracking and lurking. Later, he was trained by Zhang Chong and taught the most systematic sentinel detectives, and it can be said that the professional quality of the flying army is much stronger than that of the Han army.

This has been repeatedly proven in the battles of the Taishan Army.

In the Taishan army, there was a corresponding system from the time of the old Taishan.

Among them, the sentinel is five miles for two horses, ten miles for four horses, fifteen miles for eight horses, and thirty miles for twelve horses.

And every time the army marches, according to the regulations of the Taishan army, every time it has to be sentry to thirty miles.

As soon as the sentry sees a thief, he wavels the flag behind his back. If there is no thief in the sentry, he will ride back. And these parades are all in succession in these thirty miles, once they see the flag, they immediately turn around and report it.

Therefore, the Taishan army can often obtain information one step ahead of the Han army, and then either set up a formation or ambush to occupy the initiative on the battlefield.

And this time, the main ones who came were also from the Youyi family, and the spy detection system would not appear on such an occasion because of the latent problem.

They are true unsung heroes.

In addition to the military system, there were also officials from the artisan battalion and the medical battalion, who also participated.

The outstanding performance of the artisan battalion in the siege of Xiangguo, the stone wagons and giants it manufactured

The type of nest car has made a great contribution to the capture of Xiangguo.

And the medical craftsman camp is not to mention.

This medical battalion founded by Zhang Chong can be said to be the pinnacle of this world in terms of surgery, and it is the greatest wealth of the Taishan Army.

From the development of Mount Tai to the present, it has probably trained more than 500 medical craftsmen and 2,000 medical apprentices. These people were generally placed in the corps-level units of the Fifth Military Academy, because only the military department had the strength to defend these doctors.

In every big battle, the wounded robe was carried on a stretcher by the army and the soldiers to the military department for treatment by the doctors.

In this Northern Expedition, the Taishan Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties. Among them, more than 1,300 were rescued by the doctors, and it can be said that these doctors are the most loved by the sergeants in the army.

Of course, the riders love veterinarians even more. After all, if the war horse is injured or sick, they all point to these veterinarians for treatment.

It's just that Zhang Chong doesn't know veterinarians, so the level of veterinarians in the army is slightly stronger than that of the Han army, and it can't reach the level of excellence.

All in all, the first year of Chengtian, the first year of the Republic, and the honor on April 13 was the largest medal of the Taishan Army after the Battle of Xingyang.

Although it is not satisfactory to everyone, it can be said that the shogunate has considered it to the extreme.

It's just that this has made it difficult for the right military academy captain department and the former military academy captain department who stayed in Yecheng, and they can only look at the robes this time, making great contributions, dividing the fields, and promoting the United States.

Take our Ding Sheng as an example, he has already shouted with red eyes:

"The next time you set the vanguard, no one will want to rob him!"

In short, after this reward, everyone in the Taishan Army was happy when they heard the battle, like a wolf and a tiger.