In the courtyard of the military headquarters, it is also abnormal at this moment.

In the center of the Purple Horde, there were actually two systems. One is the military department, which is in charge of the military districts of each province, and is responsible for registering soldiers, arranging rewards and pensions, ordering ordnance, and raising logistics materials. One is the Marshal's Mansion of the Northern and Southern Cities, which is in charge of various war regiments and quartermaster warehouses, responsible for assembling troops, preparing training plans, and arranging transportation routes.

In the event of a major war, a separate set of command organs was organized, which was commonly referred to as the shogunate. The armies assigned to fight were under the command of the shogunate. The dispatch inside and outside the battlefield, the distribution and requisition of military supplies, are all managed by these people.

At the time of the tent, there was really only one command structure. After the expansion of the territory, it was only that each family had its own set of organs, which was equivalent to several central military agencies, and each of them was responsible for different directions. Later, the Empress Dowager Helena conspired to depose the Li family, the largest prince, and in order to offset their functions, the front line and the rear were separated, and the shogunate of each family was only in charge of the front line, and no longer interfered in local personnel arrangements, recruitment, and production.

On the other hand, it is actually because the current war is becoming more and more complicated. Relying solely on the Khan himself, or the generals who sent them to command, with some cronies and staff, was no longer enough to command the army. Moreover, it is not very realistic to rely on the temporary mobilization of citizens for everything, as it was in those days. The maintenance of the standing army and special arms can only be afforded by the whole country as a whole.

As a result, the shogunate was actually becoming more and more detached from the shogun himself. By the time of Basil III, the need to conquer Eastern Europe and southern Italy formalized the establishment of several standing armies. Like the "Basil's Hammer" that appeared in the previous triumphal ceremony, it is this kind of army.

They will not disband after the battle, but have maintained their training and may go out to fight at any time. Commanders can be appointed individually, but the various institutions in the army must naturally also be permanent. In fact, it has become a state of staff and no chief officer, and it has become an organization that can operate on its own.

And the Marshal's Mansion and the Ministry of War were also separated at that time. After the Civil War, the nominal head of the Nanya Shihou, known as Marshal Nanya, had great power and could already take over almost all military affairs. But after a long time, even the princes themselves felt that this position was too powerful and easy to have problems, so it was also split up a lot.

Later, because the territory was getting bigger and bigger, and the management was becoming more and more complicated, the personnel and administrative parts of the entire army were simply dismantled, so that the military department, which had always been a fictitious post, had actual functions. For the rest, the Marshal's Office of the Northern and Southern Governors was set up to be responsible. In Greek, following the Roman custom, the head of the military department is called the military secretary, which is also derived from this. As for the Marshal's Office, because of the great power of the Nanya, most of the time the Marshal of the Nanya is still in charge, and sometimes other high-ranking generals who are not on the front line will be sent to command. In the past few months, because Marshal Zhang Gongliang of Nanya has gone out with the Great Khan, it is the war marshal who is temporarily in charge.

Now, it stands to reason that these departments are the busiest. As soon as the war ended, a whole host of follow-up matters had to be dealt with: the merits accumulated during the war had to be verified and registered for the final time, and then rewarded according to the standards. If a person is killed or disabled in battle, and a bereavement pension is to be distributed, the local government must be notified, and additional care will be arranged for the family according to the specific circumstances.

And because of the military system, after the end of the war, the entire army as a unified unit will be officially disbanded after the victory. The various staff departments, which are the command centers of the army, will be transferred back to their original organs. And most of the requisitioned troops will also return to their own warbands.

As for specific soldiers, who stayed and who went home, the military department also had to communicate with the shogunate's scribes, and register them according to their performance in the war and the soldiers' personal intentions. Some will return to their hometowns and join local warbands; Some will be transferred to the Standing Forces; Others will retire outright.

Those who join a local war group are often promoted because they have actual combat experience, and such people need to keep a record of their combat history documents and transfer them to the local military government so that they can be arranged in a suitable position. Of course, there are also people who may be disarmed and returned to their hometowns, and at this time, they also need to assign their resume documents to the local county government - because the veterans of the Purple Horde are often grassroots officials, and even part-time teachers, in short, they are very precious resources.

In addition, after the end of the war, the Khan's court often recruited some veterans to go to the newly developed areas and establish new farms. Especially for those who were not citizens in the first place, this is the opportunity that is eyed. During this expedition, many locals in the Alemanni region came to join the army. Most of them are poor people there, and they really can't get along, so they can only find a new way out. They had little family and did not care about migration, so many were sent to the vast Rus' region north of Crimea, where they acquired land and cultivated farms. Over the years, quite a few people have moved over.

It can be said that every soldier has more than one official document to deal with. The military department and the yamen of the marshal's palace themselves will not be in such detail, but they will definitely have to dispatch the overall personnel distribution and task allocation.

Others, such as the spoils of war collected during the war, are also sorted and registered, and then sorted into categories for recycling or simply discarded. These are also managed by them.

To add insult to injury, the Khan's court now has the intention of using troops against Egypt. Although no official order has yet been issued, it is well known that the Mediterranean winter is not suitable for navigation, and as soon as spring begins, a major maneuver may begin. Therefore, it is also necessary to make various preparations in advance. These two jobs are considered to have collided together.

Today's wars are much more complicated than in the classical era. Although many armies, especially the Europeans, may not be as professional as the Romans, the Purple Horde itself could not learn from them.

Deploying every item requires the concerted efforts of countless people.

For example, transporting food to the front line is not something that can be solved by a single order. Before the start of the war, before the various legions were assembled, the Khan's court would order the establishment of command structures, the most important of which was the marching governor's office. The staff in the palace would work day and night to calculate the various supplies that the army needed. The Marshal's Office will summarize and verify the situation of the various arsenals and granaries under its jurisdiction and coordinate with them.

Most of the time, these stockpiles are insufficient, and there is always a need for a surplus. Therefore, the Marshal's Office will report the vacancy to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will go to various institutions such as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Water, and the various provinces on the basis of the various information it has and ask them to allocate it.

Once the demand is confirmed, the household department will concentrate the grain in the storage center planned and designated by the military department. This step is done by the local yamen or the private transporters they recruit and hire. After entering the warehouse, the Marshal's Mansion will arrange special baggage teams to transport them to various locations designated by the Governor's Office of the March. Because the rear warehouses can still ensure safety, but between the warehouses and the front-line assembly areas, there are often enemy activities, and special escort and route planning are required.

Front-line armies sometimes designate a staging area, but there are also times when the various regiments move separately and fight in multiple directions. Therefore, the Marshal's Office needs to mobilize the limited forces at its disposal as much as possible, or with the help of front-line garrison regiments and local troops, on the one hand, it must also try to avoid occupying valuable front-line troops, and on the other hand, it must ensure safety and minimize losses. Every time you schedule, it's also a very nerve-wracking thing. They could only breathe a sigh of relief when the marching commander arranged for the troops to take everything away. They are responsible for the follow-up distribution and front-line transportation.

A bag of military rations had to go through three or four central departments, no less than a dozen local yamen, and be handed over by four or five transporters of different identities before it could finally be delivered to the dry food bags of the front-line army soldiers.

What's more, many times, the military department and the marshal's office have to further deal with these materials. For example, the wheat grains that are given by the household department are generally easy to preserve, but this kind of thing, even after threshing, can only be eaten directly in theory. Let the front line eat cooked wheat rice every day, and the legionnaires will definitely make trouble.

Therefore, the military department had to find a way to arrange a mill to make flour and then make military rations. Traditional hard bread was actually inconvenient and prone to problems, so it had now been replaced by a new way: the Purple Horde brought a large iron pot from the East, into which they would pour flour and fry it with oil. If possible, some other materials will be added. This kind of dry food, known as "fried noodles", was the first to become popular in the Yuan Dynasty, and in comparison, it was easier to carry and preserve, and it was also convenient to eat in times of emergency.

The production of this kind of dry food has always been handled by the workshops run by the Ministry of War. After a long time, he even gained some fame. And this kind of thing, of course, has to be bothered to manage.

Now, the war with the enemy on the battlefield is over, but a war with Wenshan has just begun. Although these jobs are obscure, far less eye-catching and easier to make a name for themselves than the battles on the battlefield, everyone actually knows that these complicated official documents and elaborate networks are the basis for the Roman army's efficiency to surpass that of the barbarians, and it is also the part that is most difficult for the other party to learn and copy.

As the commander of this war, the military department and the marshal's office were naturally very busy. Guo Daxia is indeed not simply making excuses for working overtime - although they are all clerical work in the rear, this kind of affairs requires people with rich battlefield experience to make overall arrangements, and can't let scribes who don't know the army make hasty decisions. Therefore, his workload and responsibilities are indeed very large.

But today, the daily atmosphere in the office compound has been broken.

A group of scribes hurriedly came out of the small office building with the scrolls in their arms, put the documents in the basement, and carefully arranged them. A large group of people who were originally writing at the desk also put on armor for a long time and were at the door. There are also people who are constantly coming in and out of the office to deliver all kinds of news.

Boris Kublatt, the secretary of the military department, was also at the gate, pacing around.

Because of functional problems, the office space of the military department and the marshal's office has always been together. In this way, it is a lot more convenient to deal with a lot of daily affairs. At the very least, when the scribes carried a large number of official documents, they could save a lot of effort.

And today, when the streets were just in chaos, everyone didn't pay much attention to it. As long as you have lived in Dadu for a period of time, you know that whenever there is a festival or celebration, if you want no one to make trouble on the street, I am afraid that the only way to do it is to let the Heavenly Father take care of it. Especially this time the triumphal ceremony was very large, and the streets were full of drunks and idle citizens, if there was no chaos, everyone would have to wonder if they were planning something more amazing.

In this regard, the Ministry of War and the Marshal's Office have skillfully dealt with it: in the past few days, the number of guards has doubled as usual, and the officials and guards on shift are not allowed to go home, and they all have to lay on the floor in the office, so that when something happens, they can deal with it in time. It stands to reason that this kind of preparation is enough, after all, even if the citizens who are too drunk, few dare to run here to spread wild.

As for organized gangsters - they can be organized in most of them, often not because they are powerful, but because someone needs them. These people will not be unable to get along with the most important department of the Khan's court.

However, things quickly exceeded expectations. On the side of Zhulinfang, the fire burned, and no one reacted for a long time.

The Purple Horde was not governed in the same way as ancient Rome, with the responsibility for dealing with disasters long ago under the control of the government, and there were many forces in the capital, and generally there was no such classical way as deliberately setting fires and collecting money from the locals. Under normal circumstances, the yamen in Dadu County would mobilize manpower to maintain order and extinguish fires. The Night's Watch and several other garrison soldiers will also set off quickly to take control of the situation. Because many times, the biggest damage of fires in the city is often not the fire itself, but the people who take advantage of the fire to rob after the fire starts.

But this time, the fire burned for nearly half an hour, and no one took care of it. In the office area, some keen-eyed old officers sensed that something was wrong.

For this reason, they immediately sent people to the palace to warn them, and they also sent another messenger to check on the situation on the side of the night watchman. However, the family of the Khan of the Shosai Khan went to the outside of the city to feast and drink, and there was no one on duty in the palace who could make a decision. And the reaction of the Night's Watch was not right—they clearly didn't want to bother with it, and they were trying to prevaricate between words and deeds. Obviously, I guess I already know something, but here is another thing that makes them throw a mouse. In the end, the Night's Watch even tried to drag the envoy of the military headquarters, but the envoy was already prepared, and before he could come out, the men who were watching outside had already returned to report the news. Therefore, the people who stayed here, although they were not at all clear about the ins and outs, immediately began to prepare.

Kubrat believes that the situation on the outside may be complicated, and it is time to take care of oneself to prevent the destruction of the government office. However, since the fire started, the commander has been a little restless, and has been saying that he should take a look.

Of course, everyone is against this.

He is now the backbone of the place, and the best in the whole courtyard - many people still firmly believe that he is the best in most cities and even in all of Rome. What if he ran over and didn't care about the safety of venturing into an unknown area? Zhulinfang is a slum, no matter how important it is, it is far less important than here. And what if the thieves want to divert the tiger from the mountain?

Therefore, the crowd began to persuade them. He wanted to leave several times, saying that he wanted to see where his son and daughter had gone, but everyone left behind him - if it was only Guo Ponu, maybe everyone would still suspect that she would run around and make a fool of themselves. But Guo Kang, for many years, is an honest "otaku", living a life of two points and one line at home and church every day, and many people know him. Even if he was out on the field, he should have gone back a long time ago. How could you suddenly run away and set fire to someone......

(End of chapter)